coloradodem2005
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Fri Jun-25-04 09:50 AM
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A song that exemplifies how the Bush administration affects lives. |
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"Between The Wheels" To live between a rock And a hard place In between time- Cruising in prime time- Soaking up the cathode rays
To live between the wars In our time- Living in real time- Holding the good time- Holding on to yesterdays...
You know how that rabbit feels Going under your speeding wheels Bright images flashing by Like windshields towards a fly Frozen in the fatal climb- But the wheels of time- Just pass you by...
Wheels can take you around Wheels can cut you down
We can go from boom to bust From dreams to a bowl of dust We can fall from rockets' red glare Down to "Brother can you spare-" Another war-another waste land- And another lost generation...
It slips between your hands Like water This living in real time A dizzying lifetime Reeling by on celluloid
Struck between the eyes By the big-time world Walking uneasy streets- Hiding beneath the sheets- Got to try and fill the void...
Rush, Grace Under Pressure, 1984
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Fri Jun-25-04 10:02 AM
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How about this: "Witch Hunt"
The night is black Without a moon The air is thick and still The vigilantes gather on The lonely torch lit hill
Features distorted in the flickering light The faces are twisted and grotesque Silent and stern in the sweltering night The mob moves like demons possessed Quiet in conscience, calm in their right Confident their ways are best
The righteous rise With burning eyes Of hatred and ill-will Madmen fed on fear and lies To beat and burn and kill
They say there are strangers who threaten us In our immigrants and infidels They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves
Quick to judge Quick to anger Slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice And fear walk hand in hand...
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Fri Jun-25-04 10:10 AM
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While we are on the subject of fear, how about "The Weapon"
"The Weapon" Part II of 'Fear' We've got nothing to fear - but fear itself? Not pain or failure, not fatal tragedy? Not the faulty units in this mad machinery? Not the broken contacts in emotional chemistry?
With an iron fist in a velvet glove We are sheltered under the gun In the glory game on the power train Thy kingdom's will be done
And the things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us...
He's not afraid of your judgement He knows of horrors worse than your Hell He's a little bit afraid of dying - But he's a lot more afraid of your lying
And the things that he fears Are a weapon to be held against him...
Can any part of life - be larger than life? Even love must be limited by time And those who push us down that they might climb - Is any killer worth more than his crime?
Like a steely blade in a silken sheath We don't see what they're made of They shout about love, but when push comes to shove They live for the things they're afraid of
And the knowledge that they fear Is a weapon to be used against them...
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Fri Jun-25-04 10:48 AM
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3. I'll just finish the trilogy |
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"The Enemy Within"
Things crawl in the darkness That imagination spins Needles at your nerve ends Crawl like spiders on your skin
Pounding in your temples And a surge of adrenaline Every muscle tense to fence the enemy within
I'm not giving in to security under pressure I'm not missing out on the promise of adventure I'm not giving up on implausible dreams Experience to extremes Experience to extremes...
Suspicious looking stranger Flashes you a dangerous grin Shadows across your window... Was it only trees in the wind?
Every breath a static charge, A tongue that tastes like tin Steely-eyed outside to hide the enemy within
To you, is it movement or is it action? Is it contact or just reaction? And you...revolution or just resistance? Is it living, or just existence? Yeah, you! It takes a little more persistence To get up and go the distance
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