The double EP (Armchair Revolutionaire/ Making Things in Interesting Times) is finally going to see the light of day!
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The original song (which includes the first verse here) was written by my friend Matt Martin and performed by Backyard Witchcraft. That version was written in response on Canada's shifting response to international threats after 9/11.
With permission, I re-wrote the lyrics with American themes in mind. This song will make more sense if you've read '1984' by George Orwell. If you haven't, you should.
lyrics
I was reading George Orwell,
The day that the Twin Towers fell
Reading ‘bout the minutes of hate,
Watching the networks consolidate,
Till they got their message straight,
Stamped and approved by the State.
(They said) “Security”
And it’s scaring me.
Didn’t finish the book, I’ve read it before:
Ignorance is strength and peace is war.
It’s doublethink.
Doublethink.
Fear spread by dramatization.
Manipulating the public’s attention.
Then they send soldiers to Afghanistan,
Talking like they did in Vietnam:
“We’re bringing freedom to the land,
We’ll deliver democracy in a can.”
Now, it’s policy
And it’s scaring me.
I don’t buy it, I’ve heard it before,
Hearts and minds don’t open with force,
It’s doublethink.
Doublethink.
Cheerleading keeps us believing.
Cheerleading a team we believe in.
See, America started with genocide,
And got rich whipping slavery’s hide.
We keep trying to escape our history,
Obfuscating violence with ideology,
But what controls the military?
It isn’t people but capital greed.
That’s reality,
And it’s scaring me.
I must look, but I don’t want it no more:
A corporate agenda, perpetual war.
No more doublethink,
Don’t you think?
No more doublethink,
Don’t you think?
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