From the album 'Wastoid'(2013) for those less fortunate than many of us!!!
mike ash
decaying enterprises
decaying orbit
Story behind the song
in America, you're either super-mega rich and treated like inbred royalty, well off, middle class, working class, poor or destitute. now, to me, America has WAAAY more than enough to go around to where people could have homes and food to eat. one of the main problems in our country is that the rich folks look down on and even hate the working class & the poor. they hate them because they are under the ignorant, myopic perspective that their wealth makes them more important, even better than other people. well, to that I would just ask, when you get cut, what color is the blood that comes out? it's red, because you're a human being. which means that you are NOT better than anyone else, regardless of your wealth, sorry, but money doesn't make the person & if you think it does then you are sadly mistaken and are probably quite retarded. I grew up well off, I went to private schools etc. however, once I moved out of my parents, I had to learn about life as a poor man REALLY quick, thank God I had my real Mom to give me some shopping pointers on how to save dough. so, I have seen BOTH sides of THAT fence, the grass is exactly the same on BOTH sides.
NO ONE IS BETTER THAN SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR BANK STATEMENT!!!
to tell the truth, I have met more down to earth homeless people, junkies, crack heads, speed freaks, weirdos and those demonized by the stigmas placed upon them by the egotistical, ignorant & self righteous. those deplorable megalomaniacs that are considered "normal" or even the "Status Quo", the so-called "good people". well I hate to remind all of you Christians that Jesus himself taught Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, Empathy & understanding, and he wasn't hanging out with the "good people" in the temples(in fact he held the Church of the day in contempt for caring more about MONEY than GOD!!!) Jesus hung out with the lepers, drunkards, criminals, thieves and the like. oh & another thing, Jesus himself told his disciples before his crucifixion to NEVER form a "religion" in his name. so... the Christian Church has it ALL wrong, they lie & mislead their followers and they do it in the name of Jesus Christ, they are literally putting words in the mouth of Christ in order to get whatever it is that they are seeking(which is usually more money!!!) anyway, if we all stopped acting like we are the only fucking people on the planet and actually did at least one thing everyday to help someone in need and expect nothing in return. try it, I swear it feels great to help people in need!!!! the satisfaction of making someone else's day even a little bit better or more pleasant is indescribable to say the least. also, those acts WILL come back to you in one form or another, call it good Karma or whatever, but it's not just some theory to me, I have witnessed the universe balance itself with my own eyes. so, the more good & positive you put out, the more that will come back your way...
Lyrics
Counting Pennies
kill yourself if it makes you happy
hate yourself if it makes you smile
choke on it until you’re gagging
Love yourself and think you’re vile
Please and thank you and of course I will
Right away – no time to kill
No one knows just how this feels
And I don’t even care to try to explain
All the guilt and despair and the endless pain
Write one line to match the other
Take the words and smash them together
What to say? it’s all been said already
Oh ok we’re still rockin’ steady
Love my girl, but we’re counting pennies
So I kill myself if that makes you happy
And hate myself to make you smile
You always act so disgusted
Try to hide the fact you love it
I just want to get high alright
Who gives a sh** what you think
Just pour me another drink
Pop a pill I need a refill
Smoke a fat blunt
Take the words and smash them together
Write one line to match the other
What to say? it’s all been said already
Oh ok, we’re still here rockin’ steady
Love my girl and we’re counting pennies
