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Here in the few remaining moments we have left, just what do you propose we say in our defense? That much was decided before any one of us were born? That we were nothing more than objective observers to the madness and throw up your hands in sadness? “We’re powerless to change anything anyways.” So just lay back upon your death bed and gaze idiotically back up the chain of command from which we receive our directives. I guess it’s just common sense to preach what ought to be but ensure it never is in the present tense.
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This is my favorite Propagandhi song.
@Quankers It's hard to pick a favourite Prop song, but great choice. The long instrumental beginning is great, also incredibly difficult to learn to play for the bassist and drummer! Such countertimes. It's very depressing but sometimes a depressing song is what takes all my blues away for some time anyway.
@Quankers It's hard to pick a favourite Prop song, but great choice. The long instrumental beginning is great, also incredibly difficult to learn to play for the bassist and drummer! Such countertimes. It's very depressing but sometimes a depressing song is what takes all my blues away for some time anyway.
also rhythmically the intro is so weird, I can only make sense of it by counting 16+4 over 2, then 10 over 2 in the little chords before the songs starts in earnest. It must have been a pain to write :)
I'm pretty sure this song is about people who complain about how the world is but don't try to change it, hence the quotation of "We're powerless to change anything anyways", which is used to justify not doing anything to achieve what they believe should happen. And the closing line backs this up as well:
'I guess its just common sense to preach what ought to be but ensure it never is in the present tense.'
Pretty much. Shades of Purina Hall Of Fame ("There's nothing we can do…"), but no guitar solo to hint to the very unperceptive listener that sarcasm is being used! The lyrics make one realise how self-fulfilling and pathetic such excuses are, and that's obviously Chris's intention. Great instrumental intro too.
Pretty much. Shades of Purina Hall Of Fame ("There's nothing we can do…"), but no guitar solo to hint to the very unperceptive listener that sarcasm is being used! The lyrics make one realise how self-fulfilling and pathetic such excuses are, and that's obviously Chris's intention. Great instrumental intro too.
At the end of mine, it has a secret song about Astaroth, and the lines Come come come to the sabot come to the sabot Satan's there
Apparently that's a cover of Come to the Sabbat by Black Widow (some obscure proto-metal band I never heard of :P)
Apparently that's a cover of Come to the Sabbat by Black Widow (some obscure proto-metal band I never heard of :P)
"I guess it's just common sense to preach what ought to be but ensure it never is in the present tense."
Can anyone tell me what this line means exactly?
This song is amazing.
It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone...
It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone will agree with you on how the world can be better, yet we do nothing about it, in fact many of us work to uphold the powers that be and keep the current structure intact. "Ensure it never is in the present tense." We agree the world ought to be a certain way, but work to ensure that dream never becomes a reality. Not just me, you, but Propagandhi, and everyone is guilty of this.
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book...
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book over the 10th grade level and a dictionary.
That was already explained in the first comment, can't you read?
@TheFeesh, It's representative of people who want change but aren't willing to go out and actually do anything about it. "To preach what ought to be, but ensure it never is in the present tense." Basically saying how things should be but not doing anything about it and ensuring that it doesn't happen or isn't in the present tense.