A blast from the past
Story behind the song
I wrote this in 2002 as a response to "reality" TV and how people easily buy into obvious lies...i.e "weapons of mass destruction", etc. I was worried about writing a song based on current events, because I figured it would lose viability in a short amount of time. Sadly, it's still pretty relevant today. From the CD 'Nocturnal Omissions' by The Hidden Persuaders. Scott Olson is on drums. Jack Smith on acoustic. Everything else is me.
Lyrics
Does it really matter how I feel?
What I say or do
When everything seems predetermined
By someone other than me or you
And do we have the wherewithal
To stand our ground
To change our minds and change our lives
Or just exist blind and bound
Why does it have to be this way
Why must we play a losing game
How can we find a different path
When the roads all look the same
We can choose to take the easy way
Doing what we’re told
Get our reality from the TV screen
Buy every bill of goods we’re sold
No one ever tells you what to do
So you think you’re free
But twenty years of school and work
Have told you what you see
It doesn’t have to be this way
Use the knowledge you have gained
Be a survivor in the real world
You can be unchained
You don’t have to live that way
Like an animal taught and trained
Who wants to be a millionaire
You can be unchained
And if you rise and walk with me
I will stand and fight for you
And we will make a new beginning
We shall be unchained