Current mood:
sleepy
Some life-altering lyrics brought to you by the experimental band, The Sound of Animals Fighting (feat. Anthony Green!)
They express my feelings much better than I could.
Please, mull them over and comment.
They express my feelings much better than I could.
Please, mull them over and comment.
from Uzbekistan
The world owes me nothing; it has given me a great deal.
Who wrote your words?
Who sews your strings?
Who built your boat?
Who placed your bet?
Why do I wonder?
Some people never even ask.
What are you thinking? Who's in charge?
I don't understand French, but if I could,
I would write beautiful songs about horrible things...
because it is said to be the language of love and romance...
and if love didn't exist, there wouldn't be any horrible things.
You must care to cry, love something in order to hate something...
You must have a heart in order for it to be broken.
Many people walk in a dream:
They feel entitled to happiness and feel anger when it is not waiting for them.
I know that the world owes me nothing, yet has given me a great deal.
It is our own perception we get to bend and mold to our liking-
once that is accomplished, the reality we once knew begins to change.
My neighbor may be dark and gloomy, but I find it a perfect day to go outside.
I can knock on his door, but that doesn't mean he will answer.
And I will have to walk away, sad, from his little house
where he sleeps and smokes and drinks all day,
just to escape what he does not yet know.
We find ourselves in little boxes watching little boxes.
We see an edited version of human life, targeted at alienating us as individuals,
to distract us from the seedy underbelly of politics and business.
We are products of a Machiavellian society.
Look at the pretty girl dancing- her hair is so shiny.
I want my hair to be shiny. Look at the man with chizzled features-
use the razor he is using. It will give you the kind of charm that woman crave.
Women will want you. Men will adore you. You will be happy. You will be empty.
Because it is not about the product, but the feeling they try to convey.
And it is not for your benefit, it is for the benefit of the holders of the company.
We must burn our little boxes. We must create dialogue.
We must realize the importance of every moment.
We must turn our boredom to gratitude.
Use your hands, your thoughts, your hunger.
These things are yours and yours alone.
from The Ocean and the Sun
The biggest lie we tell ourselves: We're already in hell
We are taught to think of our success in terms of numbers
If touching one person's life is a good thing, then touching one thousand people's lives must be a great thing.
It's easy to see where we learned to think this way
Our whole society revolves around mass production
The more units we can move
The more customers we can serve
The more boats we can get
The more money and the more stuff we have, the better, right?
Maybe it's not possible to touch one thousand people's thinking, or as powerfully as one person?
Maybe it's not really so revolutionary after all, to have one person out of a group of twenty, tell everybody else what's right?
Wouldn't it be better if we tried a decentralized approach where everyone works closely with those around them, instead of a few people waiting in anonymous mass?
Do you have to save the world all by yourself?
Why don't you trust someone else to do it with you?
from Stone-Hearted Man
This isn't just a waste of time: (nothing is)
Addiction's made me smarter,
But you can't be high all the time.
They say what doesn't kill the soul will make it stronger,
But you can't be a stone-hearted man,
And do you realize why you apologize
When it's not your fault, 'cause we're all fucked up,
And do you really think that it's worth it, to be all worried about time?
'Cause I know what you want, and it's not going to get you anywhere...
from There Can Be No Dispute that Monsters Live Among Us
our entire system of values,
of the things we accept to be true,
is based on visual sounds
Seems their point is: It's time to transcend the bullshit, and view the whole picture, don't ya think? Try something new. [Individuality vs. Individualism] As Gandhi taught, "We must become the change we wish to see."
P.S. Know that their music is much more out there than their lyrics! No, seriously. Look it up.