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The Cross by Trevor Perfect
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Album Title: The Cross
Red Eye
Released: 2021
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The Cross is about the cross that people lay when they make a vote on a ballot paper. The lyrics are based on Charles Dicken's book The Christmas Carol, where spirits from the past, present and future visit Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser. The spirits reveal the damage he had done to others and what damage he might do in the future. As a result of the visits by the spirits, Scrooge pledges to change his ways and treats everyone with kindness, generosity and compassion, embodying the spirit of Christmas. The lyrics of the song use the same method of spirits revealing to someone the damage they had done and what they could do in the future, but with reference to how they had voted in elections, and how they might improve things if they "Vote for the people, not just for you". It is aimed at those who only think of themselves when they vote, and do not think of how their vote for a party, a person, or in a ballot, might impact on other people and society in general. The message of the song is to encourage people to think of others when they vote and the effect that their "cross" on the ballot paper will have. Hence the lyrics in the song: "A spirit ... showed you, the damage done. The starving children, the homeless mum".
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February 17, 2020
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