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Nixer

by Tadhg Williams

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Nixer is a protest song. It was written from a place of confusion, anxiety and anger. More and more young people are moving abroad. Our generation is being priced out of Ireland. Our friends are moving away and our communities are growing stale as a result. The spaces in which we could create and enjoy ourselves, are being torn down in place of hotels and office blocks. This song is a call to let us live, work and play in the communities we love. I wrote this for every young person in Ireland.

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The corporation scream about a hotel machine,
Rising from the ashes of a charred culture,
There goes that dream,
Watching chimneys running out of steam.

Everyone needs a nixer these days
Everyone needs a nixer
Everyone needs a nixer these days
To pay our way

In a Guinness house with a red brick facade,
A graduate in a single room scribbled in his note pad,
He was a magnet for misfortune, his pay cheque had a hole in it,
42% was his rent, he could hardly afford himself…

Everyone needs a nixer these days
Everyone needs a nixer
Everyone needs a nixer these days
To pay our way

The buildings have been weeping and the tears froze,
Everything is burning because nobody can afford,
To bask in the anxiety of it all…

Everyone needs a nixer these days
Everyone needs a nixer
Everyone needs a nixer these days
Everyone needs a nixer
Everyone needs a nixer these days
Everyone needs a nixer
Everyone needs a nixer these days
To pay our way

credits

released April 19, 2024
Vocals, Guitar & Bouzouki: Tadhg Williams
Cello: Claire Kinsella
Production: Geoff Warner-Clayton
Mastering: John Reynolds

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Tadhg Williams Waterford, Ireland

Hot Press have already dubbed Tadhg Williams as "one of Ireland's most thrilling emerging songwriters".
Often writing about his hometown of Waterford, Tadhg's music is known for its lyricism and heart-on-sleeve melodies endearing him to an already significant fanbase which includes the likes of Stephen James Smith and David Keenan. His songs and poems are both deeply personal and deeply familiar. ... more

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