The movie ran through me
The glamour subdued me
The tabloid untied me
I'm empty please fill me
Mister anchor assure me
That Baghdad is burning
Your voice it is so soothing
That cunning mantra of killing
I need you my witness
To dress this up so bloodless
To numb me and purge me now
Of thoughts of blaming you
Yes the car is our wheelchair
My witness your coughing
Oily silence mocks the legless
Those who travel now in coffins
On the corner
The jury's sleepless
We found your weakness
And it's right outside your door
Now testify
Now testify
It's right outside your door
Now testify
Yes testify
Its right outside your door
With precision you feed me
My witness I'm hungry
Your temple it calms me
So I can carry on
My slaving sweating the skin right off my bones
On a bed of fire I'm choking on the smoke that fills my home
The wrecking ball is rushing
Witness your blushing
The pipeline is gushing
While here we lie in tombs
While on the corner
The jury's sleepless
We found your weakness
And it's right outside your door
Now testify
Yeah testify
It's right outside your door
Now testify
Now testify
It's right outside your door
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set
And the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set
And the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set
And the price is set
Mass graves for the pump and the price is set
And the price is set
Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now controls the past
Who controls the past now controls the future
Who controls the present now?
Now testify
Testify
It's right outside your door
Now testify
Testify
The war is right outside your door
Wars, political and economical power and degradation of quality of life and Health, is the cost from oil dependence. We all have cars that we consider so important that can't imagine our life without them. We are like we move in wheelchairs, unable to walk or cycling one or two miles for shopping of for work. But anytime that we fill it with petrol, we should rethink this vicious cycle: Our oil dependence and mousy convenient life, their terror, death, destruction somewhere in the world, away from us to get directly involved but also too close to be part and partial cause of their misery.
You can hear this song in youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSBhI_0at0
23 June, 2008
TESTIFY by Rage Against the Machine, Album: Battle of Los Angeles (1997)
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The video of this song (presented in the post) is also amazing. It is a political statement by itself. It presents Al Gore as no more different than George W. Bush. He simply represented other oil multinationals. Of course, later on he sell all his bonds and said that he had no further relation, but... Maybe someone can say that while Bush represents ultra-right theocratic and multinational corporative capitalism, Al Gore represents a more "enlightened" neo-liberal capitalism.
The end of the video, with the famous statement of Ralph Nader is also politically interesting (at least). Nader is going to run again in 2008 but probably not with the Green Party of U.S. Damn!
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