It's falling to pieces
I stand and wait
There's no one to blame this time
Stand and brace
You're sure I can change your mind
Feel brave
There's no one to claim the lie
Stand and face
This is the warning
As the world sleeps without knowing
Choose your ground, lead or start running
Take your time, breathe, truth is coming
Take control, real change
This is the warning
As the world sleeps without knowing
Choose your ground, lead or start running
Take your time, breathe, truth is coming
Take control, real change
They've got it all worked out
Wish I could leave here now
Is there another way
Some other path to take
We will figure itout
Same people brought you down
They are controlling you
These people lead us
I saw them change the truth
They didn't want us to
There right before our eyes
I knew we'd made it
Don't take the easy ride
We're running out of time
This is the warning


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This Is The Warning Lyrics as written by Stewart Alexander Hill Kimberley Kenneth Benzie

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    This is the spoken word section from the start of the song:

    Now what we have to understand is that this comes from an extremely clever and skillful program, that has manipulated us into ways of thinking that may be contrary to our own interests, but beneficial to the interests of the powers that be... beneficial to the interests of those who control our lives, and tax us until we have hardly a penny left to spend, take our money, and plough it into the creation of huge, armed bureaucracies, which exist to oppress us. We live in a society today where we may not make decisions, to explore our own consciousness. If I am not sovereign over my own consciousness, then I am sovereign over nothing.

    Couldn't track down who originally said all that, but to me it seems a pretty clear attack on the rampant leftism that is threatening to take over our society and hinder our progress as a race into the future.

    The song sends a message to stand up for what you believe in as an individual and do what is right for you, not what is right for society as a whole, or more to the point, what is deemed to be "right" for society as a whole, by "society as a whole", which in essence means the "powers that be".

    symonatoron December 24, 2010   Link

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