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: Jim O'Rourke: Prelude to 110 or 220/Women of the World
“women of the world take over
because if you don't, the world will come to an end,
and it won't take long”
Musical Worldview: Temple of the Dog: Hunger Strike
“I don't mind stealin' bread from the mouths of decadence”
Musical Worldview :: the Samples, "Carry On"
“Trusting is one thing I don't know
When it comes to the campaigning men
But I'll meet you at the election
When I vote for the hope of this land
Carry on
Carry on
Just take a good look around you
The ghettos begin at your feet
And there's a family of six through a window
Looking way down at you on the street
Carry on
Carry on
Send us in any direction
Airports, buses and cabs
But somehow through all this confusion
We lose things that we've never had
Carry on
Carry on
A funeral was held in the winter
The old lady pull from her purse
A thoughand tears on a napkin
While waving away at the hearse
Carry on
Carry on
Trusting is one thing I don't know
When it comes to the campaigning men
But I'll meet you at the election
When I vote for the hope of this land
Carry on
Carry on”
Musical Worldview: Rikki Ililonga, "My Destiny"
“I know my destiny
so I”m free, my mind is clear
so take this love that I give
because I won’t be around for too long . . .
Darkness is the brother of Light
Awareness comes after a fight
The Truth of life is a mystery
but happiness is a love supreme
Let’s share what life has to give
Let’s love without any regrets . . .”
Musical Worldview: the Beach Boys, "I Know There's An Answer"
“I know so many people who think they can do it alone
They isolate their heads and stay in their safety zones
Now what can you tell them
And what can you say that won't make them defensive
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself
They come on like they're peaceful
But inside they're so uptight
They trip through their day
And waste all their thoughts at night
Now how can I come on
And tell them the way that they live could be better
I know there's an answer
I know now but I have to find it by myself”
Musical Worldivew: Pharoah Sanders, "The Creator Has A Master Plan"
“The creator has a working plan
Peace and happiness for every man
The creator has a working plan
Peace and happiness for every man”
Musical Worldview: Jaimie Branch, "Prayer for Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2"
“We’ve got a bunch of wide-eyed racists and they think they run this shit”
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Musical Worldview: Caamp, "Wunderbar"
Musical Worldview: Akron/Family, "There's So Many Colors"
“There’s so many colors without the dirty windows”
Musical Worldview: Akron/Family, "Don't Be Afraid, You're Already Dead"
“Don't be afraid, it's only love”
Musical Worldview: Jeff Tobias, "Our Very Recent Past"
“By the time they figured out who the real fascists were it was too late
All the ink had long since dried and all the trains had long since left the station
Who is above loving a face they don't yet recognize
Weep to think what could have been, but I guess that could be said about anytime
Still it seems decisive things could've moved the needle; maybe not
If only something from our very recent past could act as a warning - give us some vision - but our vision's left wanting
But never again doesn't mean anything if it never stopped happening
Who is above loving a face they don't yet recognize
Give up some small sense of yourself and help smash the hateful tide”
Musical Worldview: Grateful Dead, "Scarlet Begoinias"
“Once in a while, you get shown the light
In the strangest of places if you look at it right”
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Musical Worldview: Thrice, "The Earth Will Shake"
“We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of tunnels and of sleeping guards
We dream of blackouts in the prison yard
Heartbroken we found
A gleam of hope
Harken to the sound
A whistle blows
Heaven sent reply
However small
Evidence of life
Beyond these walls
Born and bred
In this machine
Wardens dread
To see us dream
We hold tight
To legends of
Real life
The way it was before
We dream of jailers throwing down their arms
We dream of open gates and no alarms
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
We dream of ways to break these iron bars
We dream of black nights without moon or stars
Heartbroken we found
A gleam of hope
Harken to the sound
A whistle blows
Heaven sent reply
However small
Evidence of life
Beyond these walls
Born and bred
In this machine
Wardens dread
To see us dream
We hold tight
To legends of
Real life
The way it was before
Look to the day
The earth will shake
These weathered walls
Will fall away
Look to the day
The earth will shake
These weathered walls
Will fall away
Look to the day
The earth will shake
These weathered walls
Will fall away
Look to the day
The earth will shake
These weathered walls
Will fall away.”
Musical Worldview: Nina Simone, "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)"
“What's gonna happen now? In all of our cities?
My people are rising; they're living in lies.
Even if they have to die
Even if they have to die at the moment they know what life is
Even at that one moment that ya know what life is
If you have to die, it's all right
Cause you know what life is
You know what freedom is for one moment of your life
But he had seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you'd better stop and think
Everybody knows we're on the brink
What will happen, now that the King is dead?
We can all shed tears; it won't change a thing
Teach your people: Will they ever learn?
Must you always kill with burn and burn with guns
And kill with guns and burn - don't you know how we gotta react?
But he had seen the mountaintop
And he knew he could not stop
Always living with the threat of death ahead
Folks you'd better stop and think
Everybody knows we're on the brink
What will happen, now that the King of love is dead?”
Musical Worldview: Neil Young, "Keep On Rockin In The Free World"
“… We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler machine gun hand
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got Styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive
… Keep on rockin' in the free world”