Today I broke the silence
Today I spoke up for a generation that I wasn't sure I was proud of
Against the arrogant hippy of the 60's who has glorified his protest
We have more problems, bigger problems that brought you to the streets
We would be wasting our time with a picket in the street right now
We would be hidden in the shadows of a skyscraper we are not taller its dark down there
Our buildings are then shadowed by our problems
Problems not solved by a sit-in or march
Our problems are solved first by sitting in this room
Education in collecting information
and plotting the perfect revolution
because anything less would fail
What we need is a perfect revolution
and not to justify inactivity
The ones that matter we are concerned
we will be ready to mobilize, but only when we know it will work
we will not run in the circles of the past
because education in its purest forms protect us from the past
I spoke for a generation that I didn't think I approved
Until the empire collapses we will entertain ourselves with bread and circuses
what is inevitable will push us further into our turning our faces seeking searching for something to take the edge off of ultimate failure
This empire means nothing to me, why would I fight for it let it fall, let it fall on the sidewalks of DC and on the houses of congressmen, because only then will they will care about what you and I have been screaming all along.
We can scream and scream but they wont hear it until it is their children screaming for their lives
and I am not afraid
no, chuck, I am not afraid because what we will do is more than any greatful dead legacy can leave behind
because what did legacies ever give us?
a resting point? an excuse to throw in the towel?
12 years of Bush.
bushbushbush
so stop fearing the Roman Empire
because what is coming will be much better
We eat petty amusements
more valuable than water
Listening to: Converge, Black Cloud
