Every now and then a song comes along that makes a profound impression upon me. To me, the lyrics of "Are You" speak about our society's out-of-control commercialism and how we value "things" over everything else. I also think it makes a subtle mention of how our government lies to us.
From the 2006 album "Face the Promise":
Most of what we want is just illusion
Most of what we buy won't change a thing
Most of what we're told is misdirection
Offered up to ease our suffering
From the 2006 album "Face the Promise":
Most of what we want is just illusion
Most of what we buy won't change a thing
Most of what we're told is misdirection
Offered up to ease our suffering
3 comments:
That's exactly right. The poorest of the poor in America have it better than the majority of the rest of the world. Even homeless people are better off than many others - at least most of them have access to a hot meal and shelter.
That said, there's no good reason I can think of for such poverty in the world. I'm not a bleeding heart, but IMO we have our priorities in the wrong place.
I could blather on for a million words about it, but won't.
Some people don't deserve their wealth.
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