Sir Winston – Breathe Free

Clean sound, raw energy: why Breathe Free is an electro punk bombshell

If The Prodigy had a worthy heir in elec­tro punk, it could very well be Sir Winston. Breathe Free is a song that takes no pris­on­ers – stress­ful, aggress­ive and with an unbridled energy that pen­et­rates every cell of the body. The track is an explo­sion of sharp beats and pulsat­ing sounds that hit the listen­er with full force. No over-the-top dis­tor­tion effects, no super­flu­ous gim­micks – everything here is pro­duced to the point. This makes the song not only power­ful, but also sur­pris­ingly clear for a genre often dom­in­ated by noise.

Lyrically, Breathe Free moves between social frus­tra­tion and rebel­lion. Lines like "So they will tell you that the future is over / And there is no way to res­ist" con­vey a bleak per­spect­ive on the mod­ern state of the world, while the refrain "Yearning to breathe free" sounds like a des­per­ate but defi­ant cry for help. This mix­ture of energy and them­at­ic grav­ity gives the song an addi­tion­al depth that is not a mat­ter of course in this kind of music.

For me, this track def­in­itely belongs in the playl­ist of every elec­tro punk fan who longs for songs tat are not only loud as hell but also have some­thing to say. Breathe Free could eas­ily fit into our art­icle called ‘10 Bands with Bigger Beats than The Prodigy that are Gonna Kick Your Ass!’ – because that's exactly what hap­pens when you turn this track up.

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Lyrics of "Sir Winston – Breathe Free"

So tell me does it make you nervous
and does your blood run cold?
When there is chaos in a crisis
and all your dreams have been sold.

You wake up to violence
No world­wide wel­come glow
Mother of Exiles
Where did she go?

Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends

So they will tell you that the future is over
And there is no way to resist
When you’re down when your alienated
Raise up your fist

And they will tell you that you have to stop
banging on the golden door
Mild eyes are shed­ding tears
Her flame it burns no more

Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends
Yearning to breathe free
that’s where it ends