On my way home my iPod found the Children of Men soundtrack. I love it. It is a really great collection of songs including Running the World by Jarvis Cocker and covers of Tomorrow Never Knows (the Beatles) and Ruby Tuesday (the Rolling Stones).
Today being Independence Day, I thought it appropriate to start with another song from that soundtrack. It is my lengthy quote of the day. It is Bring on the Lucie (Freeda People) by John Lennon.
“We don't care what flag you're waving
We don't even want to know your name
We don't care where you're from or where you're going
All we know is that you came
You're making all our decisions
We have just one request of you
That while you're thinking things over
Here's something you just got to do
Free the people now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Free the people now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Well we were caught with our hands in the air
Don't despair paranoia is everywhere
We can shake it with love when we're scared
So let's shout it aloud like a prayer
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
We don’t care what rules you’re playing
We don't want to play your game
You think you're cool and know what you are doing
666 is your name
So while you're jerking off each other
You bear this thought in mind
Your time is come you better know it
But maybe you can't read the signs
Free the people now
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Well you were caught with your hands in the kill
And you still got to swallow your pill
As you slip and you slide down the hill
On the blood of the people you killed
Stop the killing (Free the people now)
Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it now
Bring on the lucie”
It was written during our war in Vietnam, a day not unlike the present. It is a protest song asking those making the rules to “free the people” and stop their self-serving, evil dealings. This is not a mild mannered song.
Lennon likens the leader to the Antichrist and we find ourselves under just such a tyrant. We have a president that has fooled a part of the country into believing he is sent from god and that he is a Christian. Instead he governs in a way that doesn’t benefit the people as promised.
As 2008 elections rapidly approach, I take comfort in the line “…so while you're jerking off each other… you bear this thought in mind… your time is
come you better know it…”Download: Declare Independence by Bjork (Volta)
1 comment:
I love it. Don't be shy. All those ignorant people who blindly follow bush to hell aren't. So why should we.
Signed,
A soldier at war
I'm not here to liberate, just get paid.
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