Song Description
Are we not easily manipulated when we are hungry and desperate and afraid? Don't we look for a saviour? Best not!
| Song Length |
3:43 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tense, Outraged |
Subject |
Anti, Revolution |
| Similar Artists |
Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
When the Pantry's Bare
Copyright © 2025 David Baumgarten
Key: E minor
79 BPM
Intro
We can transcend!
[Verse] Promises like candy, floating through our screens,
Makes us think 'we got you' spoken loud and sweet.
Crumbs of hope from leaders so proud,
Feeding famished, anxious crowds.
[Chorus] It's easier to fool us when the pantry's bare,
Dreams grow wild in the midst of our despair.
Charismatic saviors claiming they're the only ones,
Filling desperate ears while from us freedom runs.
[Verse] Smooth lines sold in snippets, from their two-faced grins.
Dictating our choices, exploits hiding sins.
As the bills pile up, and our dreams disappear,
Why do we cling-on to their empty words but to save us from our fears.
[Bridge] Can you spot the strings in this grand display?
Or feel the edges of this so well-crafted play?
It's not the lies that gut us all but the hidden point of truth,
Unmasking their charade, unveiling the proof.
[Chorus] It's easier to fool us when the pantry's bare,
We swallow their stories that keep us impaired.
Some spot the deceit, the magician's slight-of-hand,
While others march in tune, to this not-so-promised land.
[Verse 3] History paints lessons deep,
From harsh penalties to promises we keep.
Are we bound to re-do what we've done before?
With every cycle, just closing, closing, closing freedom's door?
[Outro] We stand in Congress as history's keepers passed on,
their reminders and warnings now gone.
It's easier to fool, much harder to amend, But together,
together, we can, we can, we can, we can, we can Transcend.
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