Strike Anywhere - Spectacular
‘Spectacular’ by Strike Anywhere
Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UlfoSfjZG4
I ought to know I’m not so blank and pretty
too big, suspended two dimensional glory
in competition watch your suicide clothes:
flat screen targets sweat shop fashion
my love
my love is bleeding out and
my love
my love is keeping doubt for
all this processed
hatred from the heart’s eye model citizen
no alibi burning their beauty from your face
in plastic we rust
one bomb for them
another one for us
so wipe the smell of the bourgeoisie off me
and wash the billboard bus stop benches imprisoned you’ll see
caught in the act resist this dying, bloody
model citizen lobotomy
burning their beauty from your face
in plastic we rust
one bomb for them
another one for us
burning the time to say I’m sorry
Annihilate
one bomb for them
another one for us
with the light’s out
would you be there?
would you walk the words off camera?
Run beside me
turning isolation into family
would you be there?
Would you walk the words and open stitches
don’t follow run beside me
‘til we stand still and the world moves over
Yes, again, Strike Anywhere. What can I say. I’m their biggest fan, lol.
Our society is place where things like the car you drive, the house you live in, the things you own and the clothes you wear, seem to matter more than the person you are on the inside. I remember a time when I was worried about fitting in at school and felt that I needed to make sure that I was wearing certain brand names and styles or the other kids would make fun of me. That was the kind of thing that really weighed on me as a kid.
That was until I discovered the idea of the Punk community. And Punk led me into a new sort of consciousness where I thought about things and the world in a completely different way. I managed, for the most part, to shed those former bonds of feeling the need to conform and have since done my best to live a less consumer goods-based lifestyle and one where I find the value in life, freedom, and making the world a better place for all people, animals and the environment.
This song addresses breaking away from the outlook of a consumer lifestyle and the ways that society and the media try to get us to buy into products and services, appealing to our base instincts of fitting in and feeling like part of the herd.
I hope that we can all learn that ‘things’ don’t matter as much as the priceless experiences and relationships that we can have by getting to know our fellow humans/animals/environments and getting back to the roots of the things that are timeless and priceless.
