It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone...
It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone will agree with you on how the world can be better, yet we do nothing about it, in fact many of us work to uphold the powers that be and keep the current structure intact. "Ensure it never is in the present tense." We agree the world ought to be a certain way, but work to ensure that dream never becomes a reality. Not just me, you, but Propagandhi, and everyone is guilty of this.
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book...
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book over the 10th grade level and a dictionary.
"I guess it's just common sense to preach what ought to be but ensure it never is in the present tense."
Can anyone tell me what this line means exactly?
This song is amazing.
It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone...
It means most people talk about how the world should be, the things we need to do to change it to make it right "preach what ought to be" yet we do so little in our lives to actually make those changes. We are all guilty of this and I feel it is a deeply personal and reflective song as well. Propagandhi does a lot of introspective speaking and a far amount of preaching in their songs about how people should live to make the world not such a shit-hole. And so many of us, not just punks but everyone will agree with you on how the world can be better, yet we do nothing about it, in fact many of us work to uphold the powers that be and keep the current structure intact. "Ensure it never is in the present tense." We agree the world ought to be a certain way, but work to ensure that dream never becomes a reality. Not just me, you, but Propagandhi, and everyone is guilty of this.
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book...
@TheFeesh It means that 99% of people who speak what should be (real justice, no fucking with the environment and dangerous tech that hasn't been researched enough before being applied, reparations, removal of all armies, strangely what so-called libertarians do not see as government waste, when it's the biggest waste and danger of all that we're at a point that the next second humanity might slip and fall and take all living life with it...)....but not doing a damn thing so that it happens.....it's quite basic, although maybe you don't know what you want, which means, pick up a book over the 10th grade level and a dictionary.