This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
I'd hand it to time if I knew where the time had gone
the connoisseurs were wrong
and so was everyone else
I know what they're saying cuz that's all they talk about
just need to figure out
some shit for myself
and just because it's obvious doesn't mean it's even true
heard it all and I believe that we deserve another point of view
we can make it if we try
and if we don't it's gonna still be alright
cuz our minds are still alive
and we can decide what's right
make up your mind make up your own mythology
afraid of finding me
and of defining you
take what you want but you won't want it where your at
I know this for a fact
just because it's so true
the first place my mind goes is where I never want it to
like where it hurts the most or all the stupid shit I say and do
you can make it if you try
and if you don' it's gonna still be all right
cuz our minds are still alive
and we can decide why
telling me thousands of times what's next to want
just doing their job but you know that's a dirty job
can't stand this game still we're bullied to play along
when bullies grow up they get meaner
yeah they really get it down
they think that they get it but they always get it wrong
they'll play your favorite song
just to sell shit to you
I've heard that they'll sell anything and I think they might
I think Bill Hicks was right
about what they should do
and just because you love something doesn't mean it's yours to buy
been selling it so long that no one even knows the reason why
you've been messing with our minds
gettin' rich wasting our time
the connoisseurs were wrong
and so was everyone else
I know what they're saying cuz that's all they talk about
just need to figure out
some shit for myself
and just because it's obvious doesn't mean it's even true
heard it all and I believe that we deserve another point of view
we can make it if we try
and if we don't it's gonna still be alright
cuz our minds are still alive
and we can decide what's right
make up your mind make up your own mythology
afraid of finding me
and of defining you
take what you want but you won't want it where your at
I know this for a fact
just because it's so true
the first place my mind goes is where I never want it to
like where it hurts the most or all the stupid shit I say and do
you can make it if you try
and if you don' it's gonna still be all right
cuz our minds are still alive
and we can decide why
telling me thousands of times what's next to want
just doing their job but you know that's a dirty job
can't stand this game still we're bullied to play along
when bullies grow up they get meaner
yeah they really get it down
they think that they get it but they always get it wrong
they'll play your favorite song
just to sell shit to you
I've heard that they'll sell anything and I think they might
I think Bill Hicks was right
about what they should do
and just because you love something doesn't mean it's yours to buy
been selling it so long that no one even knows the reason why
you've been messing with our minds
gettin' rich wasting our time
Lyrics submitted by nbenmargi
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Awesome song. This song is kinda calling for people to wake up and realize what we're doing to ourselves. Everyone. Don't join society. Find a way to screw over industrial capitalism until enough people join in and the whole thing falls apart. That doesn't mean don't make money necessarily, although in my mind the endpoint is the end of money. But make money, find out who or what these corporations represent, and dont give them any money. Simple. They control what you think. If you're not aware of it, that's because they make sure of it, and because your thoughts are being controlled. Not a crazy theory, its the truth. Watch a documentary, i'd recommend anything on the media, or about Monsanto, or about the military industrial complex. Messing with our minds, getting rich wasting our time. bill hicks is the man. built to spill are the men.