I'm absolutely not saying he doesn't like Obama - nor would the song be. But there were many of us who expected a huge shift. Just watch the Yes we Can video and you'll feel it. What happened with HCR and a public option and a month before the oil spill he approved offshore drilling that he had said he was against. Obama's heart is in the right place, but he's been far apart from it on many occasions. I feel some disappointment because I expected him to take us to task for our individual personal responsibility for our future, with the chants of yes WE can, and we need it NOW more than ever with this oil spill. We're too busy blaming BP to see that we all have a responsibility in where we go from here. Jack does that in SO many of his songs.
Sorry that I am misunderstood. I don't believe the song is contemptuous, but could be a testament to wanting so bad for him to lead us to the self determination many American's so desperately need. Instead they sit by being full of cynicism and therefore complacency, because they think there's too much they're up against so they might as well not bother. So soooo many of Jack's songs are about this, and I'm sure his hopes for what Obama could accomplish on the level of getting people's attention that YES WE CAN, are just as high as mine, and many other people's. And Obama seems to have stopped! You can't tell me the person in that Yes we can video, can't still motivate people like that! He can! Where'd it go?
"All at once,
The world can overwhelm me
There's almost nothin' that you could tell me
That could ease my mind
Which way will you run
When it's always all around you
And the feelin' lost and found you again
A feelin' that we have no control
Around a sun
Some say
There's gonna be the new hell
Some say
It's still too early to tell
Some say
It really ain't no myth at all
Keep askin' ourselves are we really
Strong enough
There's so many things that we got
Too proud of
We're too proud of
We're too proud of
I wanna take the preconceived
Out from underneath your feet
We could shake it off
and instead we'll plant some seeds
We'll watch em' as they grow
And with each new beat
From your heart the roots grow deeper
The branches will they reach for what
Nobody really knows
But underneath it all
There's this heart all alone
What about when it's gone
And it really won't be so long
Sometimes it feels like a heart is no place to be singin' from at all
There's a world we've never seen
There's still hope between the dreams
The weight of it all
Could blow away with a breeze
If you're waiting on the wind
Don't forget to breathe
Cause as the darkness gets deeper
We'll sink until we reach for love
At least somethin we can hold
But I'll reach to you from where time just cant go
What about when it's gone
And it really won't be so long
Sometimes it feels like a heart is no place to be singin' from at all "
I'm absolutely not saying he doesn't like Obama - nor would the song be. But there were many of us who expected a huge shift. Just watch the Yes we Can video and you'll feel it. What happened with HCR and a public option and a month before the oil spill he approved offshore drilling that he had said he was against. Obama's heart is in the right place, but he's been far apart from it on many occasions. I feel some disappointment because I expected him to take us to task for our individual personal responsibility for our future, with the chants of yes WE can, and we need it NOW more than ever with this oil spill. We're too busy blaming BP to see that we all have a responsibility in where we go from here. Jack does that in SO many of his songs.
Sorry that I am misunderstood. I don't believe the song is contemptuous, but could be a testament to wanting so bad for him to lead us to the self determination many American's so desperately need. Instead they sit by being full of cynicism and therefore complacency, because they think there's too much they're up against so they might as well not bother. So soooo many of Jack's songs are about this, and I'm sure his hopes for what Obama could accomplish on the level of getting people's attention that YES WE CAN, are just as high as mine, and many other people's. And Obama seems to have stopped! You can't tell me the person in that Yes we can video, can't still motivate people like that! He can! Where'd it go?
"All at once, The world can overwhelm me There's almost nothin' that you could tell me That could ease my mind
Which way will you run When it's always all around you And the feelin' lost and found you again A feelin' that we have no control Around a sun Some say There's gonna be the new hell Some say It's still too early to tell Some say It really ain't no myth at all
Keep askin' ourselves are we really Strong enough There's so many things that we got Too proud of We're too proud of We're too proud of
I wanna take the preconceived Out from underneath your feet We could shake it off and instead we'll plant some seeds We'll watch em' as they grow And with each new beat From your heart the roots grow deeper The branches will they reach for what Nobody really knows But underneath it all There's this heart all alone
What about when it's gone And it really won't be so long Sometimes it feels like a heart is no place to be singin' from at all
There's a world we've never seen There's still hope between the dreams The weight of it all Could blow away with a breeze If you're waiting on the wind Don't forget to breathe Cause as the darkness gets deeper We'll sink until we reach for love At least somethin we can hold But I'll reach to you from where time just cant go
What about when it's gone And it really won't be so long Sometimes it feels like a heart is no place to be singin' from at all "