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Poison Trees Lyrics
"Poison Trees"
The roots of the matter run miles deep
This is the era of eternal sleep
Please everybody now but please be advised
Nothing's going away just cuz' you're closing your eyes
This is the harvest of some rotten seeds
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison trees
You better ask yourself what you believe
I see a storm it is coming down
And I can feel my bones creak
I know you can feel it too
But you're just too scared
Are you just too scared to speak?
The wire is tapped now and crackling hot
Words from the burning screen will make your stomach knot
Fear the hopeless and lock the door
Sweet safety praise the lord
The loud voices got the signals locked
All the past heroes now outlined in chalk
Well that'll teach the world to not walk the walk
Show your face out in the light and hear the pistols pop
Well.. this is the harvest of some rotten seeds
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison tree
You better ask yourself what you believe
I see a storm it is coming down
And I can feel it in my bones
I know you can feel it too
But you think that you're
You think that you're all alone
Old tactics leave you face down on the bricks
This new dog knows some terrible tricks
Turn the cameras off and it doesn't exist
That's a lesson well learned back in 1966
This is the harvest of some rotten seeds
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison trees
You better ask yourself what you believe
I see a storm it is coming down
And I can feel my bones creak
I know you can feel it too
But you just too scared
Are you just too scared to..
A storm it is coming down
And I can feel it in my bones
I know you can feel it too
But you think that you're
You think that you're all alone
"Do Wrong Right" (2009)
This is the era of eternal sleep
Please everybody now but please be advised
Nothing's going away just cuz' you're closing your eyes
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison trees
You better ask yourself what you believe
And I can feel my bones creak
I know you can feel it too
But you're just too scared
Are you just too scared to speak?
Words from the burning screen will make your stomach knot
Fear the hopeless and lock the door
Sweet safety praise the lord
All the past heroes now outlined in chalk
Well that'll teach the world to not walk the walk
Show your face out in the light and hear the pistols pop
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison tree
You better ask yourself what you believe
And I can feel it in my bones
I know you can feel it too
But you think that you're
You think that you're all alone
This new dog knows some terrible tricks
Turn the cameras off and it doesn't exist
That's a lesson well learned back in 1966
This surely isn't any mystery
This is the fruit off of the poison trees
You better ask yourself what you believe
And I can feel my bones creak
I know you can feel it too
But you just too scared
Are you just too scared to..
A storm it is coming down
And I can feel it in my bones
I know you can feel it too
But you think that you're
You think that you're all alone
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This song was written after the 2008 financial crisis. At that time it looked like the world was coming apart. Nine years later it is amazing that The Powers That Be have been able to hold the system together by printing trillions of dollars. Many think we are still in the eye of the hurricane (admittedly a slow moving storm).
This song is a commentary on the Money Masters who run the world and the people who close their eyes to what is really going on, either because they are asleep, or are too afraid to open their eyes.
I relate to the line "words from the burning screen will make your stomach knot". I don't watch television for that very reason; it turns my stomach to see and feel the slightly sweetened venom they are constantly putting out- propaganda and disinformation as if it is reality, to create a slight feeling of dread just below the level of awareness. Keep the masses off balance, but the Masters will keep you safe if you just give up your rights. "The loud voices got the signals locked" The loud voices of the media lock out an alternative understanding of what is going on. They'll shout down anyone who questions the establishment presentation of 'reality'.
"All the past heroes now outlined in chalk Well that'll teach the world to not walk the walk Show your face out in the light and hear the pistols pop" This phrase speaks for itself, but let's draw attention to it because this is the crux of the matter. People are intimidated about going against the Masters. Look what happened to the Kennedy's, MLK, John Lennon, Ronald Reagan, George Carlin, Gary Webb (of Kill the Messenger fame), Judge Scalia, Seth Rich who leaked the Hilary Clinton emails to Wikileaks, the list goes on... that'll teach the world to not walk the walk. "Old tactics leaves you face down on the bricks This new dog knows some terrible tricks Turn the cameras off and it doesn't exist That's a lesson well learned back in 1966" The old tactics were simple crack'em on the head and put 'em face down on the bricks, the new tricks involve simply turning the cameras off of any dissent they don't want to gain traction. Protest against the outsider Trump? Full throttle coverage. Protest against the Establishment agenda- no coverage or coverage of protesters being brutally abused. During the Viet Nam War protests (1966) they got a lot of coverage- fueling the protests. Big Brother learned "turn the cameras off" and dissent doesn't exist. Yes, the people who are running things are some rotten seeds, and if you acknowledge that fact, it surely isn't any mystery why we are in the mess we are in. People in this country need to wake up. This state of affairs only continues because it all somehow flies under the radar. People do not want to see it. That works out just fine for the Oligarchs. They always operate by stealth, because they are few and we are many.
@mteblano or maybe it’s about the police. 1966 is the year of Miranda vs Arizona. An instance in which a person was interrogated for endless hours and eventually admitted to a crime he didn’t commit. Miranda rights were born as a result of a Supreme Court decision on this case. Face down on the bricks? It’s about the corruption of the police. Listen again with this in mind and tell me if you see it.
@mteblano or maybe it’s about the police. 1966 is the year of Miranda vs Arizona. An instance in which a person was interrogated for endless hours and eventually admitted to a crime he didn’t commit. Miranda rights were born as a result of a Supreme Court decision on this case. Face down on the bricks? It’s about the corruption of the police. Listen again with this in mind and tell me if you see it.
@mteblano It could relate to the Miranda case of 1966, but I don't see how that relates to "turn the cameras off and it doesn't exist". They seem to like to show footage of riot police beating up protesters, as they did in Chicago in '68. It's the substance of the protest that they turn the cameras off for.
@mteblano It could relate to the Miranda case of 1966, but I don't see how that relates to "turn the cameras off and it doesn't exist". They seem to like to show footage of riot police beating up protesters, as they did in Chicago in '68. It's the substance of the protest that they turn the cameras off for.
@mteblano I think your off base on this one. I’d you listen to the song, they are talking about being scared and alone. Most likely an interrogation room. Also they are talking about phones being taped which would imply that the cops are surveilling they which would lead them into the interrogation room, if they were busted. Which would lead to the lesson of 1966. Miranda rights definitely go hand and hand in those rooms. Say nothing and don’t let them interrogate you, so you cannot incriminate yourself. And also the last verse he speaks of being scared to open...
@mteblano I think your off base on this one. I’d you listen to the song, they are talking about being scared and alone. Most likely an interrogation room. Also they are talking about phones being taped which would imply that the cops are surveilling they which would lead them into the interrogation room, if they were busted. Which would lead to the lesson of 1966. Miranda rights definitely go hand and hand in those rooms. Say nothing and don’t let them interrogate you, so you cannot incriminate yourself. And also the last verse he speaks of being scared to open the doors of fear of being shot if he shows his face. Which would imply that they are being raided I would assume. The wire taps and such will then become part of the interrogation which he will use the Miranda rights. I mean I loved this song and went to prison for selling drugs and I can tell you this before I got raided, I felt exactly as he is speaking about this and him being scared and paranoid that the cops are outside. The one part says turn the cameras and it doesn’t exist would imply that he’s been busted and in the room. We’ll when I was in there, they turned off the cameras numerous times trying to offer me a deal to give people up. So when he says turn the cameras off and it doesn’t exist, they are trying to offer him a deal off the record to make the charges disappear. I mean this song explained about the last month prior to my door getting battered down by a battering ram and 18 guys rushed in and out assault rifles in our faces. I’f you never done anything illegal or sold substantial amounts of drugs where your going to prison for double digits I wouldn’t assume you have never sat there starring at cameras of ur property see a insect fly by the camera thinking it’s the cops out there coming to fuck your world off. I feel whoever this song was written about cause I feel like it was me 😂 and also I don’t know id you follow devil makes three st all our their fan base, but a lot of us are world travelers be a lot us are grimy as fuck and we sell drugs when we’re not traveling to support our travels in the past. But eventually when you pull six digit incomes and the cops are there in ur woods watching you but you don’t know for sure if it is them or paranoia in ur own head, it is mentally draining. And I hear that about whoever the song is about. It sound s like he can’t differentiate the difference between if he’s really just bugging out or the cops are actually out there. When It says face in bricks, that implies he is probably getting shackled up after they tossed him on ground after kicking his door in
This is about the financial crisis the character in the story is struggling through see my theory on all hail i think the whole album is a story