[2007]
Lyrics & music by Michel Griffin
Vocal harmonies by Maryline Dumont.
Album: Russian Dolls

A song about power, greed, deception and violence. Maybe one day we'll learn to live in peace, content with our lot. Till then, we're hostage to the greedy with the guns.

"The song began with its second line, which came to me as I was lunching with my wife in a sleepy little riverside restaurant in the north of Spain. I happened to glance out of the window and saw 2 Mercedes following each other like sleek sharks along the water's edge.

But I'd been wanting to write about the relationship between greed, power, violence and media-control for some time. The Russian Doll was a natural image, that came to me again by chance: the previous day I'd seen a lovely set of dolls at my brother-in-law's.

It took a long time to get the chorus as I wanted it. I finally finished the song in Yorkshire, 4 months after I'd begun it".