tag:reverbnation.com,2007:blog-158374 2008-03-13T02:45:53-04:00 Social Conscience / Soash http://www.reverbnation.com/images/logos/reverbnation100x65white.gif tag:reverbnation.com,2007:blog-158374.post-56275 2008-03-13T02:45:53-04:00 2008-03-13T02:45:53-04:00 Life is like a Supermarket. <br/>Call this my epithany <br/>All of us are products <br/>But we're priced and branded differently <br/>All of us a shelf-life <br/>Before we dissappear <br/>and end up in a section <br/>Labelled Reduced to clear <br/> <br/>Inside this place is exactly what you need <br/>Packaged just the way you like it <br/>(It's a case of trying to find it) <br/>Misdirected I'm guided <br/>Through aisles divided <br/>Smells, sights and sounds <br/>My senses are blinded <br/> <br/>Reminding me that the focus should be <br/>on what you are supposed to see <br/>not what you are looking for <br/>(I'm deep behind enemy lines in this consumer war) <br/> <br/>There's the academic types <br/>That like to spend their time <br/>Checking dates in a panic <br/>Is it processed or organic? <br/> <br/>Life is like a Supermarket. <br/>Call this my epithany <br/>All of us are products <br/>But we're priced and branded differently <br/>All of us a shelf-life <br/>Before we dissappear <br/>and end up in a section <br/>Labelled Reduced to clear <br/> <br/>There's the decisive types... <br/>Who want to be in and out <br/>Military style planning <br/>Eyes roving and scanning <br/>Smug because they made the time to write a list <br/>If they left it down to chance <br/>(Something might get missed) <br/> <br/>There are the lost souls (lost souls) <br/>Who move with the winds <br/>Sucked in by special offers <br/>Hidden inside bargin bins <br/> <br/>Not sure what they came in for <br/>At the mercy of persuassion <br/>Obeying tannoy demands <br/>For fear of confrontation <br/> <br/>Life is like a Supermarket. <br/>Call this my epithany <br/>All of us are products <br/>But priced and branded differently <br/>All of us a shelf-life <br/>Before we dissappear <br/>and end up in a section <br/>Labelled Reduced to clear https://www.reverbnation.com/rss/blog_comments56275 tag:reverbnation.com,2007:blog-158374.post-56274 2008-03-13T02:44:00-04:00 2008-03-13T02:44:00-04:00 It takes a two bit preacher <br/>With only half a brain <br/>To convince those with nothing to lose <br/>That they have everything to gain <br/> <br/>Philosophy; the question you can't answer <br/>Religion is the answer you can't question <br/>So I chose to skip the lesson <br/> <br/>Disreguarding institution <br/>Amounts to nothing less <br/>Than emotional prostitution <br/>(Except the cost is far less) <br/> <br/>It's heartless. <br/>Cold like a shark in the antartic <br/>Bury my head in the sand <br/>The sound of silence is cathartic <br/> <br/>The sound of violence is starting <br/>Flowers of war are in bloom <br/>Spin the globe in rose petals <br/>(The view is darker from the tomb) <br/> <br/>Apartheid. <br/>Iron curtains and cynanide <br/> <br/>On the other side of the fence.. <br/>Genecide. <br/> <br/>War on us <br/>War on you <br/>War on you <br/>War on us <br/>We believe what we're told <br/>It's a relationship of trust <br/> <br/>I trust in the powers that be <br/>to follow greed <br/>I trust the powers that be <br/>To not give a damn about you and me <br/> <br/>So who do you trust in? <br/>When people claim wrong or right <br/>The converted? <br/>The one's who walk the path towards the light? <br/>Revolutionaries? <br/>Who see the world according to their fight <br/>Or the men in grey suits? <br/>that only think in black or white? <br/> <br/>Well it's a question... <br/>So that brings it back to philosophy <br/>If it was written in the stars <br/>Then i would study astronomy <br/> <br/>Religion is impotent <br/>But in the hand of a hollow fist <br/>Given the right twist <br/>It takes on the role of apologist <br/> <br/>A two bit preacher <br/>With only half a brain <br/>Convinced those with nothing to lose <br/>that they had everything to gain https://www.reverbnation.com/rss/blog_comments56274