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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums20 feet high, 2 feet thick, barbed wire, razor blades
With our ass in the air and our heads in the ground
There's no sense of despair, without sight, without sound
We hold our ears and shut our eyes
Distant screams morph into lullabies
We beat indifferent drum, we bang till we're numb
We validate, rationalize, corroborate each others lives
Pat my back and I'll pat yours, benevolent conquistadors
We piss down throats, shit in cupped hands
Wipe our asses with all foreign flags
We beat indifferent drum, we bang till we're numb
20 feet high, 2 feet thick, barbed wire, razor blades
The wall was built to keep them out while keeping us in goose step parades
We don't question what we've become
We march to the beat of the same indifferent drum
We beat it till we're numb, we beat it till we're numb
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20 feet high, 2 feet thick, barbed wire, razor blades (Original Post)
lame54
Feb 2017
OP
I got a lump in my throat as I read the lyrics. "while keeping us in goose step parades"
riversedge
Feb 2017
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Grown2Hate
(2,009 posts)1. That line kept coming back to me throughout his
whole campaign. Love NOFX. That and the entire song, "The Idiots are Taking Over".
lame54
(35,268 posts)2. Here's a vid i made for that song...
Grown2Hate
(2,009 posts)4. OK, that was GODDAMN good! And salient for these times.
In a weird way, makes me nostalgic for the resistance of the time, but (almost reassuringly) also makes me remember that we're forgetting JUST HOW BAD that era was, for the country and for the WORLD.
tRump is a fucking disaster, but everything that we went through under W (9/11, the destabilization of the Middle East as we knew it, an economic CLIFF that we almost careened off of) wasn't exactly apple pie either.
We're no more or less fucked than we were then... all we can do is FIGHT!
lame54
(35,268 posts)6. Here is another I made...
raccoon
(31,105 posts)5. Thank you for identifying that. nt
riversedge
(70,093 posts)3. I got a lump in my throat as I read the lyrics. "while keeping us in goose step parades"