Posted on 02/12/2014 7:50:22 AM PST by Lazamataz
And consider these lyrics, with my notes in red:
| I believe I can see the future | (easier when you have none) |
| Cause I repeat the same routine | (in a fascist dictatorship, you no longer have choices) |
| I think I used to have a purpose | |
| But then again That might have been a dream | (as our memories of Old America dwindle, it will seem like a dream long ago dreamt) |
| I think I used to have a voice | (we will soon be in a place where we USED to be able to speak freely) |
| Now I never make a sound | (you will not be able to speak freely, lest you be noticed) |
| I just do what I've been told | (like a compliant sheep) |
| I really don't want them to come around Oh, no | (Them: The IRS, EPA, DHS, FBI, TSA, VIPR, and a dozen other agencies) |
| [Chorus:] Every day is exactly the same | (think of the monotony of the Soviet Union) |
| Every day is exactly the same | |
| There is no love here and there is no pain | (no love except what the state declares is allowable, no pain may be spoken of) |
| Every day is exactly the same | |
| I can feel their eyes are watching | (The NSA tracks your every communication. Drones watch your every movement) |
| In case I lose myself again | (do not LOSE YOURSELF, citizen. Be compliant to the State) |
| Sometimes I think I'm happy here | (we will delude ourselves into accepting the new Communist, Fascist state) |
| Sometimes, yet I still pretend | |
| I can't remember how this got started | (I sure can. I've been yelling about this since 1993) |
| But I can tell you exactly how it will end | (So can I. Death camps. Summary executions. Repression of political speech. Exile to re-education camps. Planned starvation.) |
And you are still so screwed
No, but I like the song.
I’ve seen the future... bigger than life and twice as ugly, if we’re going to live there you’ll have to drug me.
Head Like a Hole was a better fit with the thread theme.
Have you been able to figure out Young the Giant’s ‘It’s About Time’ yet? I can’t.
Another song that comes to mind is “Silent Running”
Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don’t believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I’m with the high command
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
There’s a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?)
(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running babe?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running?
Calling you, calling you
Halloween is Everyday!
Bump
you look so absurd, you look so obscene!
Lords of Acid, Sisters of Mercy and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and KMFDM all came to the Grenada in Lawrence, KS and were some awesome concerts! Best of times for me.
But it is almost less of an interpretation, and more of an outright recital.
OK so how does one go to an LOA concert and REMEMBER it? ;)
Trent was about 20 years ahead of the curve. He's good like that.
Trent has a bisexual side. That particular song is about his bi-ness.
Yeah, you beat Trent. (don’t know whether to put a smiley or a frowney).
What is interesting to me is that many of the Industrial and even standard punk groups nailed it. The only thin was they thought the great Satan was the political right.
All kidding aside, a random look through many of the lyrics of those genres lays out exactly the current situation. Sadly, many, like Henry Rollins refuse to admit it. Because they would have to admit they got it 100 percent backwards.
Ever see his wife? If he’s bi, (not doubting you) he’s even more screwed up than he looks.
He is. Or was. I remember the interview about it.
Coke is a hell of a drug. Heroin too. Not much else would explain it.
I went home with a stripper. I remember EVERYTHING!
Pics or it didn’t happen ;)
Take me. I would hit everything from the original lunar landing gear, to a hot chick, to a Sears wet-and-dry vacuum.
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