Tom More is the founder of Restrung Lefty Media Productions (www.RestrungLefty.com) and a multi-instrumentalist (bass, keyboards, drums) and vocalist. He is ava
Freedom of speech and expression are two of the most fundamental rights we enjoy and possibly the most necessary for a democratic society to exist. We live in a constant tension, though, as the most literal interpretation of those freedoms grapples with the social and moral norms of the day. "Whose Taboos?" examines that struggle and what our choices are to resolve it.
Lyrics
Each younger generation
Suspects the one before
Crushing creativity
As they close the future’s door
Generational dysfunction
What’s alright to see and do
Leaves a gap that can’t be covered
From the old to what is new
Change keeps coming ever faster
In this manic, modern life
Can’t slow down, can’t turn back
So the norm becomes our strife
On the painful point of conflict
Letting go seems so absurd
“When we spent an entire lifetime
Just avoiding dirty words”
CHORUS
A culture at war or inevitable change?
Progress to some is to others deranged
Governing baser instincts
Allows society to stand
But when you’re over-controlling
It will all get out of hand
Do you believe in absolutes?
Who would dare to decide?
That’s imposing your morals
Freedom’s promise is defied
No retarding the progress
Of the artistic urge
The grating song of the censor
Is a funeral dirge
Won’t you always be cool?
Change so easy to face
But as the old guard passes
Youth grow up to take their place
CHORUS
A culture at war or inevitable change?
Progress to some is to others deranged
Charting the pulse of social flux
Chaos or order, one’s perspective’s the crux
Your ideology at stake, there’s no ignoring the call
To fight on or fight back when the next taboo falls
SOLO
Can we ever strike a balance?
For we don’t know where it ends
Should we make rules to be broken
Or should they be made to bend?
Needing scrupulous revision
Blending old in with the new
Perhaps the toughest thing to balance
Redefining our taboos
Redefining our taboos
