Got It All (This Can't Be Living Now)

Taken from the deluxe CD booklet:

This can't be living now If so then show me how We'll shake, shake, shake The night away We shook, shook, shook The night away

I want a love like this love was young But will I die as I become You'll find it at the bottom of it all

We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes I want a world like My teacher told me it would be I want a love like My parents told me it would be

When I was born I defined your times But they were nothing Nothing like mine We'll shake, shake, shake The night away We shook, shook, shook The night away It feels like school again But learning's alright man! You'll find it at the bottom of it all

We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes I want a world like My teacher told me it would be I want a love like My parents told me it would be

We'll shake, shake, shake The night away We shook, shook, shook The night away

Well, this can't be living now If so then show me how We'll find it at the bottom of it all

We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes We got it all, we got it all We got it all, 'til the revolution comes I want a world like My teacher told me it would be I want a love like My parents told me it would be

great song, can't wait for the album!

I'm pretty sure the second part of the chorus is:

I want a love like my teacher taught me it would be I want a love like my parents told me it would be

This is an awesome piece. So much going on musically and vocally. For me, the message seems to be about living in a fantasy world, oblivious to how shallow and cheap your life has become, and begging the recipient of the mesage to show them how to overcome the way they're living. He's "got it all" in his own mind, but realizes he'll be looking at his life with regret after the "revolution" of better living. The overall yearning for love and redemption gives me the shakes every time I hear this.

Also, the music video (movie?) is fantastic in its disturbing surrealness.

bellwether of social indoctrination of a communist utopia