I looked at my watch and I saw I had no time.
Didn't notice all the clocks on television,
Controlled violence on sale in new streets.
Don't delay in boring studios!
Whatever happened to Emancipation Act '73?
I think it's lost, yes it's lost
In a world of satisfaction. No delay!

[Chorus]
Like a crazy singer in a band that's lost the words.
Like a crazy singer in a band that's lost the words.
Like a crazy singer in a band that's lost the words.
Like a crazy singer in a band that's lost the words.
Caucasian walk, Caucasian talk
Because I can't do nothing, can't do nothing.

Seen is only truth in a shell of lies,
Distributed feelings to a race that doesn't comprehend.
I don't smoke, I just do it for the company.
Political problems, sexual frustration won't end.
It's the type of poison that doesn't count in life.
I think not of the glasses but of the drink.

[Chorus]

Glitter stardust in dull camp void,
Hero are you out there or is it just a shadow?
I could give you words if the world gives me vibes.
Tell me what's the position between the man and beast?
Impressions on a mirror for everyone of you to look at.
It's the type of happening in a weird situation
And that's the reason for doing nothing.

[Chorus]

I looked at my watch and I saw I had no time.
Didn't notice all the clocks on television,
Controlled violence on sale in new streets.
Don't delay in boring studios!
Whatever happened to Emancipation Act '73?
I think it's lost, yes it's lost
In a world of satisfaction. No delay!

[Chorus]

I have no words, no words
Caucasian walk, Caucasian talk...


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    I think this song is about a society in which people have become part of a system that is like a big machine to which people must conform and make themselves compatible. It's about the post-humanist reign of alienation, apparatchiks, capitalism, competition, consumerism, efficiency, gleichschaltung, means dominating purpose, panem et circenses, & the abolishment of creativity, humanism, individualism, purpose, re-creative leisure-time, & self-determination. It's about a world in which everyone just walks on, without paying heed to their surroundings, with a lack of real communication or even the ability to communicate: A world in which people just rattle on like street-cars in their grooves, punctual but dull.

    Lepra Messiason March 02, 2006   Link

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