"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08.
makes sense to me.
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics.
we're the monsters being fed.
we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism".
where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
i don't hear shit you seed or shitty seas or shifting seas.
i hear "shifty scene".
i don't hear shit you seed or shitty seas or shifting seas.
i hear "shifty scene".
shifty. deceptive. consumerism makes sense.
shifty. deceptive. consumerism makes sense.
think of how many people buy pointless shit trying to make themselves happy because they lack some kind of emotional comfort.
companies advertise their bullshit items trying to make people think if they buy it, they'll live happily ever after or something.
think of all the infomercials on tv for "shifty" products.
"this item changed my life!" - yeah right.
people are going to keep buying stupid crap trying to fill the void.. and it ends up making people materialisticly (that...
think of how many people buy pointless shit trying to make themselves happy because they lack some kind of emotional comfort.
companies advertise their bullshit items trying to make people think if they buy it, they'll live happily ever after or something.
think of all the infomercials on tv for "shifty" products.
"this item changed my life!" - yeah right.
people are going to keep buying stupid crap trying to fill the void.. and it ends up making people materialisticly (that is so not a word) greedy.
so people buy more and more, companies make more and more.. people keep trying to fill the void - money ends up running the world even more so than it already does.
people still can't find the happiness that they're looking for so they continue buying and buying and buying until one day they've fucked everything up for themselves and they're so far in a hole they can't get out.
materialistic happiness is fake.
you're fucked in the end anyway.
"this next song is about mindless consumerism...."
jose gonzales at a show in Milwaukee, spring of '08. makes sense to me.
this is just my take on that comment and his lyrics. we're the monsters being fed. we'll be up to our knees, quite literally, in the pollution that is a result of "mindless consumerism". where will we relocate once we've irreparably fucked up earth, where will we go?
i don't hear shit you seed or shitty seas or shifting seas. i hear "shifty scene".
i don't hear shit you seed or shitty seas or shifting seas. i hear "shifty scene".
shifty. deceptive. consumerism makes sense.
shifty. deceptive. consumerism makes sense.
think of how many people buy pointless shit trying to make themselves happy because they lack some kind of emotional comfort. companies advertise their bullshit items trying to make people think if they buy it, they'll live happily ever after or something. think of all the infomercials on tv for "shifty" products. "this item changed my life!" - yeah right. people are going to keep buying stupid crap trying to fill the void.. and it ends up making people materialisticly (that...
think of how many people buy pointless shit trying to make themselves happy because they lack some kind of emotional comfort. companies advertise their bullshit items trying to make people think if they buy it, they'll live happily ever after or something. think of all the infomercials on tv for "shifty" products. "this item changed my life!" - yeah right. people are going to keep buying stupid crap trying to fill the void.. and it ends up making people materialisticly (that is so not a word) greedy. so people buy more and more, companies make more and more.. people keep trying to fill the void - money ends up running the world even more so than it already does. people still can't find the happiness that they're looking for so they continue buying and buying and buying until one day they've fucked everything up for themselves and they're so far in a hole they can't get out.
materialistic happiness is fake. you're fucked in the end anyway.