Story Behind The Song

I wrote this song during the presidential campaign. I'm sickened by these rich politicians sending predominantly poor kids off to fight a war for oil. How they try to sell this war through fear and paranoia. I'm further saddened by the majority of Americans who buy into it. My biggest pet peeve is the religious right.

Song Description

This song is about how we keep on living our so called free lives while the government and big business makes our decisions for us. All in the name of patriotism and God....

Lyrics

If I told you all, my dirty little secrets
Could you keep them ?til your dying day?
Exposing all our deepest regrets,
We?ve got a debt and it?s time to pay-
People on the streets, begging for money,
Empty souls with nowhere to go-
Disengaged and disconnected,
Somewhere there?s a ray of light
That?s Shining down?

Rob ourselves of joy too often,
Chasing dollars with fists full of pennies-
Our Spirits? sick, our souls lie coughing,
Never enough for a few too many-
Bills to pay and babies to feed,
All we ever wanted was to get our piece-
So we justify, we cheat and we lie.
Somewhere there?s a ray of light
That?s shining down?
Chorus 1:
Addicted to the rush of pretty new things
We?re all conditioned by the TV screen-
Chaos is constant in the world today,
Better watch who you talk to and
Watch what you say-
Comfort is the drug, there?s a monkey on your back
What happened to the truth and what about the facts?
Chaos is constant in the world today
There?s spirits to be crushed
And money to be made

If you can?t find your own desire
And move beyond the walls of fear-
If you can?t ignite your inner fire,
Tell me, what the hell are you doing here?
When you question the choices that you make
And, accept the abuse that you take,
Rise above this mask of Delusion,
There?s a ray of light that?s shining down?
Chorus 2:
Addicted to the rush of being number one,
The games long over and the damage is done-
Chaos is constant in the world today,
There are spirits to crush and souls to save-
Comfort is the drug, the monkey on your back
Forget about the truth and never mind the facts
Chaos is constant in the world today
There?s blood to spill and money to be made-
Politicians with game show smiles,
Selling fear with sparkly eyes-
Chaos is constant in the world today,
There?s blood to spill and money to be made-
Pro-life preachers with bibles and guns
Anoint themselves the chosen ones,
Chaos is constant in the world today,
Chaos is constant in the world today-