about
This incomplete set of words is based on a phrase I’ve heard Tony Benn use many times. The idea behind my usage is that deceit is a remnant habit formed in early human epochs as a social strategy to ensure survival but which, now, is no longer useful and is indeed detrimental to social development and coherence.
Structurally, the first three lines express the mindset of the desperate human, finding itself in a situation of perceived scarcity, labouring under the delusion of ‘Survival of the Fittest’ or the ‘Law of the Jungle’.
The rest of the words are intended to urge members of our species, animals though we are, to remember that we, as tool users and language users, have at our fingertips and tongue tips the material and mental capabilities to eradicate many of the hitherto debilitating factors of existence (starvation, thirst, disease, competition and tribalism for example).
lyrics
Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say.
Doesn’t matter what you say or what you do you’re wrong!
I’ll do nigh on anything to watch you fucking fail!
Antagonise your very soul like a reflection!
Disciples of pure joy;
Resist the habits of the Wild.
Say what you mean and you’ll be heard,
But mean what you say with every word!
Be certain when you think,
That you think that you are certain!
Say only that which you deem to be the fucking truth!
Resist the habits of the Wild!
Yeah, Fuck knows it ain't easy,
To resist the defensive reaction!
And when you're good there's no pat on the back.
But to break a mould it must first crack!
In our struggle against sorrow,
Hope based on truth,
Is our only guiding light,
Truth’s a fucking guiding light,
It’s a guiding light!
In our struggle to preserve tomorrow,
Hope based on truth,
Is our only guiding light,
Truth’s a fucking guiding light,
It’s a guiding light!
credits
from
MOTM 2010 Demo,
released October 18, 2010
Vocals - Bing Garcia
Guitar - Cameron Rhodes
Guitar - Jim McGrother
Drums - Luke Johnson
Bass - Chris "T'ex" Eckford
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