Musical Worldview: Sylvan Esso, "How Did You Know?"
“Now I know now
Now I can see
How it's meant to be
Taking care of me
Now I know now
Now I can see
How it′s meant to be
Taking care of me”
Musical Worldview: Bad Religion, "You Are The Government"
“Hey, sit down and listen and they'll tell you when you're wrong
Eradicate but vindicate as progress creeps along
Puritan work ethic maintains its subconscious edge
As old glory maintains your consciousness
There's a loser in my house and a puppet on a stool
And a crowded way of life and a black reflecting pool
And as the people bend the moral fabric dies
Then country can't pretend to ignore its peoples cries
'Cause you are the government, you are jurisprudence
You are the volition, you are jurisdiction
And I make a difference too”
Musical Worldview: Drive-By Truckers: "Thoughts and Prayers"
“When the carnage was over you could hear the cellphones ringing
You could smell gunpowder in the air
And on the bloody ground the LEDs were blinking
Deliver us from evil, thoughts and prayers
They're lined up on the playground, their hands all in the air
See it on our news feed and we cry out in despair
They're counting up the casualties, everyone's choosing sides
There's always someone to blame, never anywhere to hide
Thoughts and prayers
Thoughts and prayers
This white noise in my head, I think I need a filter
A pressure valve to keep from blowing up
And when the shit comes down I pray I can rise above it
Hold me closer when I've had enough
Thoughts and prayers
Thoughts and prayers
Glory, hallelujah
You are in our thoughts and prayers
Glory, hallelujah
You are in our thoughts and prayers
The Flat Earthist realized as he flew through the skies
The curve of the horizon as he fell
He saw the world was round just before he hit the ground
And gravity called out to close the deal
When my children's eyes look at me and they ask me to explain
It hurts me that I have to look away
The powers that be are in for shame and comeuppance
When Generation Lockdown has their day
They'll throw the bums all out and drain the swamp for real
Perp walk them down the Capitol steps and show them how it feels
Tramp the dirt down, Jesus, you can pray the rod they'll spare
Stick it up your ass with your useless thoughts and prayers
Stick it up your ass with your useless thoughts and prayers
Glory, hallelujah
You are in our thoughts and prayers
Glory, hallelujah
You are in our thoughts and prayers
Glory, hallelujah
You are in our thoughts and prayers”
Musical Worldview: Temple of the Dog: Hunger Strike
“I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence”
Muscial Worldview: Odetta: Woke Up This Morning (With my Mind Stayed On Freedom)
“Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on freedom
I'm walking and talking with my mind stayed on freedom
Oh no there ain't no harm in keep'n' your mind stayed on”
Musical Worldview: Ned's Atomic Dustbin: "Kill Your Television"
“Kill
Your
Television
Sob your sore eyes”
Musical Worldview: the Clash, "Know Your Rights"
“This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights
All three of them
Number one
You have the right not to be killed
Murder Is a crime!
Unless it was done
By a policeman or an aristocrat
Know your rights
And number two
You have the right to food money
Providing of course
You don't mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation
Know your rights
These are your rights
Hey, say what, hey
Know these rights
Number three
You have the right to free speech
As long as you're not
Dumb enough to actually try it
Know your rights
These are your rights
Know your rights
These are your rights
All three of 'em
And it has been suggested
In some quarters that this is not enough
Well
Get off the streets
Get off the streets
Run”
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Musical Worldview: Beauty Pill, "Dog with Rabbit in Mouth, Unharmed"
“You’ll find that money is noise, this, us, together, is wealth
The body’s just cosines and vectors, love is the real health
We walk in circles, we walk in circles and lie down”
Musical Worldview: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, "Johnny Appleseed"
“Lord, there goes Martin Luther King
Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring
I hear what you're saying, I hear what he's saying
Is what was true now no longer so
Hey, I hear what you're saying
Hey, I hear what he's saying
If you're after getting the honey, hey
Then you don't go killing all the bees”
Musical Worldview: Blue Scholars, "Blue School"
“Isn't it strange how we estrange ourselves from our neighbor?”
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Musical Worldview: Hiss Golden Messenger, "If It Comes in the Morning"
“hope is contagious”
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Musical Worldview: War, "There Must Be A Reason"
“Jesus gave my life to give
Not to you
Jesus gave my life to him
Not to you”
Musical Worldview: the Specials, "A Message To You Rudy"
“Stop your fooling around,
Time to straighten right out.
Better think of your future
Else you'll wind up in jail.
Rudy, A message to you you,
Rudy, A message to you.”
Musical Worldview: Beastie Boys, "It Takes Time To Build"
“it takes time to build
(It takes a second to wreck it)
it takes time to build”
Musical Worldview: James, "Zero"
“We're all gonna die
Prescriptions and pills
So live true your shine
Don't live unfulfilled
Life's a free climb
No ropes
Let go of the mind
Lie back and float”
Musical Worldview: Seryn, "Figuring Out"
“Find beauty in the mystery
there are some things we will never see
You don’t always have to have the answers to everything
Be still, you don’t always have to have an answer
Be still, you’ll be fine with a little bit of doubt.
Well, I’m figuring out you don’t always have to figure it out.”
Musical Worldview: Júníus Meyvant, "Neon Experience"
“Stay out of trouble if you can, boy
Don't let your mind set fool around
Don't let the whole world break you down
New day will come, around
Lay down your troubles if you can, girl
Don't let anybody steal your crown
Don't let the whole world break you down
New day will come, come around”
Musical Worldview: Five Man Electrical Band, 'Signs'
“And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you
the
right?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"
Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?”
“And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a
penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Musical Worldview: Bob Weir, 'Black-Throated Wind'
“What's to be found, racing around
You carry your pain wherever you go
Full of the blues and trying to lose
You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know
So I give you my eyes, and all of their lies
Please help them to learn as well as to see
Capture a glance and make it a dance
Of looking at you looking at me”