Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
Step up and forfeit your frontal lobe
To the sexed-up stroll of celebrity
Never mind that the nanoseconds in between
Are some of the darkest darkness that you've ever seen
Keep your eye on my finger and listen to the sound of my voice
Get your subliminal decree and your false security
Be all that you can be, be all that you can be
In hospitals and schools, airports, and banks and bars
Big ones on street corners, little ones driving by in cars
And glowing through countless bedroom curtains at night
That thirty k tone and that pale blue light saying
Dad knows best, yes this is the news
And ninety second segments officially produced
And aired again, and again, and again
By the little black and white pawns of the network yes men
Well the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
And cancer the great teacher has been opening schools
Down stream from every factory still, everywhere fools
Are squinting into microscopes researching cells
Trying to figure out a way that we can all live in hell
Well step back, look up, you'll see I'm dimming the sun
But you won't will you? No, that's a good little one
Cause daddy knows best, yes this is the news
And ninety second segments officially produced
And aired again, and again, and again
By the little black and white pawns of the network yes men
Well the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
Yes the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
To the sexed-up stroll of celebrity
Never mind that the nanoseconds in between
Are some of the darkest darkness that you've ever seen
Keep your eye on my finger and listen to the sound of my voice
Get your subliminal decree and your false security
Be all that you can be, be all that you can be
In hospitals and schools, airports, and banks and bars
Big ones on street corners, little ones driving by in cars
And glowing through countless bedroom curtains at night
That thirty k tone and that pale blue light saying
Dad knows best, yes this is the news
And ninety second segments officially produced
And aired again, and again, and again
By the little black and white pawns of the network yes men
Well the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
And cancer the great teacher has been opening schools
Down stream from every factory still, everywhere fools
Are squinting into microscopes researching cells
Trying to figure out a way that we can all live in hell
Well step back, look up, you'll see I'm dimming the sun
But you won't will you? No, that's a good little one
Cause daddy knows best, yes this is the news
And ninety second segments officially produced
And aired again, and again, and again
By the little black and white pawns of the network yes men
Well the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
Yes the stars are going out and the stripes are getting bent
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And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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I agree that this song is about how brainwashed society has become because of the media and big companies. I also think "Well step back, look up, you'll see I'm dimming the sun But you won't will you? No, that's a good little one" is talking about how we're all taught to ignore certain things when they're not easily fixed - sort of like pretending the problem doesn't exist, e.g. the Bush Administration denying the fact that global warming exists.
The one part of this song that actually really confuses me is "And cancer the great teacher has been opening schools Down stream from every factory still, everywhere fools Are squinting into microscopes researching cells Trying to figure out a way that we can all live in hell"
It sounds as if she's talking about cancer in a good way, that stem cell research is getting us nowhere, but the entire verse may be sarcastic. I just don't think that describing people who are trying to find a cure for a horrible disease as fools is very fitting to her liberal perspective. Describing a world without cancer as "hell" seems completely over-the-top, which is one of the main reasons I think it might be sarcastic, though she doesn't sound particularly sarcastic.
Though this may just be her stating the first three lines from the perspective of those that believe stem-cell research is a waste of time, and then the fourth line is her jumping in to state her opinion on the situation.
Anyway, this song is amazing, though it's strikingly dark and creepy, especially "Never mind that the nanoseconds in between Are some of the darkest darkness that you've ever seen". The ominous and almost dream-like feel of this song is probably one of the reasons I love it as much as I do.