This week I am thinking about music and history and wondering if you could share with all of us one song in particular that strikes you as relevant for what you feel like you are learning. Of course it doesn’t have to be related to the times exactly, but perhaps appropriate for the feelings, thoughts, and ideas you’ve generated as a result of what we have been studying. What song captures what you’re thinking about in relationship to history? Ideally I’d like to play each of your songs before we officially begin class – so find a way to make that happen. Make a hard copy of the song, post a link (for a youtube video or an mp3 track) as you comment – find a way.
In terms of what to write this week – I want you to write about your song. Tell us why you selected it and why it matters to you. Make connections to what you are learning. And, as usual, comment on someone else’s ideas.
Please don’t save this for the weekend. I’d like to see the majority of you do this before Friday. Let’s all get online at some point Thursday night so we have time to listen and respond thoughtfully.
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I think this is a song that is perfect for the world today and even back during the american revolution. It's a 'what if' song. What if there was peace.
Imagine - John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
I think the song Breakaway from Kelly Clarkson is a song which could be representing how the colonist felt during this time period. It shows how they felt suppressed by the British and how they wanted to break away.
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away
-Kelly Clarkson
-Sayumi
REBECCA:
so this is kind of a strange song, not something that i normally listen to but it's growing on my
i think this song could be seen as something like two different opposing sides fighting against each other and everyone's path crossing over -- it reminded me of all of the battles but at the same time it's a really mellow song which made me think of some sort of peace in the end
"rangers" -- a fine frenzy
The paths have been crossed
It comes and goes and is lost
Melancholy phantoms light of skin
Poison apples falling with the wind
Hear the sigh of the trees
Those who enter here never leave
And the rangers scream out to the cabins
They are the hunted
We are the rabbits
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't want to be found
Further in the hole we go
Saddest creatures tugging at our clothes
Cutting through the twilight, sword in hand
Strangers once united against the land
At the sound of a bell
The running people from their shells
The rangers scream out to the cabins
They are the hunters and we are the rabbits
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't you tracking us down
The rangers scream out to the cabins
Raising their muskets
Flashing their badges
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't want to be found
They keep hiding a quiet like
They'll keep sneaking
But they won't find us
They'll keep living a quiet life
You and I
You and I
The ranger scream out to the cabins
They are the hunters,
We are the rabbits
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't want you tracking us down
The rangers scream out to the cabins
Raising their muskets,
Flashing their badges
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't want to be found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R36Pct2Y_jc
If you go there, its the youtube for In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins.
I made a CD this morning with a spanish band thats basically high school musical in spanish and than also some phil collins. If you put the song to 03:40, thats what history is like. The beginning is slow but theres something that makes you keep listening. But then its the crecendo you've been waiting for for a full 3 minutes and 40 seconds and its like wow. Its really full and powerful which is like history for me this year because I feel like I am really learning a lot and its not just facts. Its pretty powerful. Listen to some of the beggining so you can get annoyed like I do in my car because I can't fast forward and then its the good part at 03:40.
Paulina
Rebecca, I listened to you songs.
I agree with you that it is like the tension between Britain and America. From your lyrics, I wanted to call attension to this part:
They are the hunters and we are the rabbits
Maybe we don't want to be found
Maybe we don't you tracking us down
It reminded me of the colonists feeling like they are being oppressed and in fear of the British coming to change their way of life. They wanted to be unfound and remain under the radar to do as they pleased and not be controlled. The part that it talks about tracking us down, this might be really corny, but it's similar to how they didn't like the Navigation Acts but enjoyed salutary neglect and being able to whatever they wanted without being tracked down. Now that I have analyzed this like an english paper, goodbye. Paulina
i couldn't find a song that would show how i feel about history and what we are studying but i feel like this song is perfect for the Americans feelings, thoughts , and their ideas during the revolution. i can just imagine them all singing this. i know it uses the f word a lot but when your fighting for your freedom i think u might just use that word a lot. i know i would.
(ps sorry for this being so late in the weekend it just took me a while to find a good song)
F#ck authority by pennywise
someday you gotta find another way
you better write your mind and live by what you say
today is just another day
unless you set your sights and try to find a way
i say f#ck authority
silent majority
raised by the system
now it's time to rise against them
we're sick of your treason
sick of your lies
f#ck no we won't listen
we're gonna open your eyes
frustration domination
feel the rage of a new generation
we're living we're dying and we're
never ever gonna stop, stop trying
you know the time is right to take control
we got to take offense against the status quo
no way not gonna stand for it today
fight for your rights it's time we had our say
i say f#ck authority
silent majority
raised by the system
now it's time to rise against them
we're sick of your treason
sick of your lies
f#ck no we won't listen
we're gonna open your eyes
frustration domination
feel the rage of a new generation
we're living we're dying
were sick and tired of relentless lying
destroy, enjoy, your f#ckin world is our new toy
dominate, eliminate, do you feel the rise, rise of hate
f#ck authority
silent majority
raised by the system
now it's time to rise against them
we're sick of your treason
sick of your lies
f#ck no we won't listen
we're gonna open your eyes
frustration domination
feel the rage of a new generation
we're living we're dying and we're
never ever gonna stop, stop trying
Who's To Say
Stand up straight
Do your trick
Turn on the stars
Jupiter shines so bright
When you're around to tell us slow down,
We're too young you need to grow
The speed's the key
And they don't know who we are
And who's to say that we're not good enough?
And who's to say that this is not our love?
Mother don't tell me friends are the ones that I lose
'Cause they'd bleed before you
And sometimes family are the ones you'd choose
It's too late now
I hold on to this life I found
And who's to say we won't burn it out?
And who's to say we wont sink in doubt?
Who's to say that we wont fade today?
Who are they anyway? Anyway they don't know
And you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember
And I try to pretend but I just feel it when we're together
And if you don't believe me, you never really knew us
You never really knew
You and I, packin' up my room, we feel alright
But we're not well comsumed
We'll be drivin', 'cause they don't know who we are
Who's to say we won't stay together?
Who's to say we aren't getting stronger?
Who's to say I can’t live without you?
Who are they anyway? Anyway they don't know
And you say we're too young, but maybe you're too old to remember
And I try to pretend, but I just feel it when we're together
Who is to say?
And who is to say?
And who are they anyway?
I chose this song "Who's To Say" by Vanessa Carlton because the chorus represents exactly what the colonists were thinking. "Who's to Say,Who are they anyway" This could be directed at the Parliament and how they have no right to represent them. Also, it shows how the 13 colonies were trying to break away from England.
Margaux, I love the song you chose for this! It represents my feelings too in both the history that we are learning and what we are facing today. Peace would be a huge accomplisment for the world. Can there ever really be peace? It makes me really upset that countries are constantly fighting.
Haha. Wow. Charlie's song is completely appropriate for the unit we are on right now.
I was just listening to Itunes on shuffle and I came across the song Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer. I thought this song also fit this topic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HXWXQeHCWpo
ok so i think carry on my wayward son by kansas
is great (its my ringtoneee) but besides that i think it represents in some ways how im feeling and how someone in the revolution could be feeling.
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say
{Refrain
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say
{Refrain
No!
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
The center lights around your vanity
But surely heaven waits for you
OK so the carry on part is me feeling that ok all the revolutionaries need to stop taking so long and being hesitant they need to hurry uppp and go for it because they are going to be succesful. The verses make me think of the different views of people in the revolution. for example people that don't exactly know whats going on, everything is also very chaotic.
-BRITTANY
Sooo.... I chose Swing Life Away by Rise Against. It doesn't exactly represent the active and self-assured freedom-seeking people of the colonies. It's just a soft song that touches on the emotion of slowly coming together, living as a "we" which can also relate to certain feelings during the American Revolution.
The phrase "Swing Life Away" kind of relates to how some may have just lived by the flow, hoping for the best as a community rather than alone, however lost one may be. It's also easily a feeling anyone could have today, just wanting to come together with someone or some people and to share a common cause. Anyway I've bolded some lines that I think, from the first half of the song (it pretty much repeats), that reflect well some aspects of the time:
Am I loud and clear, or am I breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
I'll show you mine if you show me yours first
Let's compare scars, I'll tell you whose is worse
Let's unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words
We live on front porches and swing life away,
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I'll slave till the end,
I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand
I've been here so long, I think that it's time to move
The winter's so cold, summer's over too soon
Let's pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow
I've got some friends, some that I hardly know
But we've had some times, I wouldn't trade for the world
We chase these days down with talks of the places that we will go
I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't seen the sunshine,
Since, I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin' on,
But that train keeps a-rollin',
On down to San Antone.
When I was just a baby,
My Mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever play with guns,"
But I shot a man in Reno,
Just to watch him die,
When I hear that whistle blowin',
I hang my head and cry.
I bet there's rich folks eatin',
In a fancy dining car,
They're probably drinkin' coffee,
And smokin' big cigars,
But I know I had it comin',
I know I can't be free,
But those people keep a-movin',
And that's what tortures me.
Well, if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad train was mine,
I bet I'd move out over a little,
Farther down the line,
Far from Folsom Prison,
That's where I want to stay,
And I'd let that lonesome whistle,
Blow my Blues away.
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Anyway, I chose this song because its very symbolic with regards to the american revolution. Its about a man in prison, hearing the outside world and freedom, wishing to attain it. It embodies the tension prior to the revolution.
His choice to "shoot a man in Reno, just to see him die" parrallels the choice of those who risked it all to come to america to pursue a novel, better, free life. Also this song is pretty baller.
margaux love the song -- 'you may say i'm a dreamer' -- i think that's perfect for what the colonists were doing
and andrea i thought your song fit the colonists really well too -- it reminded me of the british almost suppressing the colonists
-- rebecca
Okay soo some might think that the song i'm chosing is kind of silly but i think it fits pretty well.. It's A Whole New World from Aladdin:
I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be
A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you
A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me
If you ignore the whole fact that it's a love song and all.. and apply it to a colonist that's really optimistic about getting independence from the British, it fits.
okay so just to be safe i chose another song.. and also because they're one of my top favorite bands
it's Red Flag by Billy Talent:
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don't need today
When they live in the sins of yesterday
[x2]
Well I've never seen us act like this
Our only hope is the minds of kids
And they'll show us a thing or two
Our only weapons are the guns of youth
It's only time before they tighten the noose
Then the hunt will be on for you
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
no...
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don't need today
When they live in the sins of yesterday
[x2]
Like the smallest bee packs a sting
Like a pawn checkmates a King
We'll attack at the crack of dawn
Build a ladder if there's a wall
Don't be afraid to slip and fall
Speak for yourself or they'll speak for you
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
no...
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
Go!
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don't need today
When they live in the sins of yesterday
[x2]
Like a fire
Don't need water
Like a jury
Needs a liar
Like a riot
Don't need order
Like a Madman
Needs a martyr
We don't need them [x8]
Cast off the crutch that kills the pain
The Red Flag waving never meant the same
The kids of tomorrow don't need today
When they live in the sins of yesterday
[x2]
(We don't need them, we don't need them) Cast off the crutch that kills the pain
(We don't need them, we don't need them) The Red Flag waving never meant the same
(We don't need them, we don't need them) The kids of tomorrow don't need today
(We don't need them, we don't need them) When they live in the sins of yesterday
We don't need them
(check out the entire album BTII-- it's amazing)
I think Margaux's choice is very befitting of both the modern era and during the times when the colonists clashed with the British. There is sure to be determination, but likewise, there is always a sense of dreaming or simply hoping for the better on the other end of the spectrum. Not always are people strong and I think John Lennon delivers a strong message in that there is that intangible imagination and dreaming that ties everyone together.
I chose Sorrow by Bad Religion. It talks about not knowing what the real reason for all the "misery" in the world is, and not knowing how to end it, questioning whether just immediately "putting down the weapons" will make a difference. I can relate to the song because I don't really know why there is still so much violence and hatred everywhere in the world, not just in terms of warfare, but even in terms of racism / sexism / homophobia, etc. It also reminds me of the debate about whether or not we should just pull out of Iraq (I personally think that that is not possible at this point).
"Sorrow"
Father can you hear me?
How have I let you down?
I curse the day that I was born
and all the sorrow in this world
Let me take you to the herding ground
where all good men are trampled down
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
between a prideful father and his son
Will you guide me now for I can't see a reason
for the suffering and this long misery
What if every living soul could be upright and strong?
Well then I do imagine
There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more
When all soldiers lay their weapons down
or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
Or when the only true messiah rescues us
from ourselves it's easy to imagine
There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more
There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more
I also picked Skylines and Turnstiles by My Chemical Romance. This song is about 9/11, but I think it is still relevant today, because it talks about whether or not we can move on from tragic events, and "reclaim our innocence", or if we will be constantly traumatized and thus continue to seek revenge against others, for example. I sometimes see it as questioning current foreign policy, and our own unity as a country, as well as being about the aftermath of 9/11, and the way it affected "us". The lyrics also ask "where we go from here?", and I feel like that is a question on almost everyone's mind at this point, especially since we are living in such confusing, directionless, and violent times.
You're not in this alone
Let me break this awkward silence
Let me go, go on record
Be the first to say I'm sorry
Hear me out
And if you take me down
Would you lay me out
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now, now, now
We walk in single file
We light our rails and punch our time
Ride escalators colder than a cell
This broken city sky, like butane on my skin
Stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel, tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here
This broken city sky like butane on my skin
Stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel, tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here
And in this moment we can't close the lids on burning eyes
Our memories blanket us with friends we know, like fallout vapors
Steel corpses stretch out towards and ending sun, scorched and black
It reaches in and tears your flesh apart
As ice cold hands rip into your heart
That's if you've still got one that's left
Inside that cave you call a chest (cave you call a chest)
And after seeing what we saw, can we still reclaim our innocence
And if the world needs something better
Let's give them one more reason now
This broken city sky like butane on my skin
Stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel, tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here
This broken city sky like butane on my skin
Stolen from my eyes
Hello Angel, tell me where are you
Tell me where we go from here
Tell, where we go from here
Ah, sorry. Here's Swing Life Away:
http://dazzlex.imeem.com/music/CjiEgw8Q/rise_against_swing_life_away/
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I think this plays on America's attempts for freedom when they were clearly at the disadvantage. It shows frustration, and realization of the injustice upon them. All that America wants is its freedoms, when Britain clearly is just fighting for greedy reasons.
Freedom? by Killradio
We're doing all we can with hands behind our backs, still freedom is all that I demand
Well, paint me in the corner and watch me grow claws
Where survival's at stake, watch morals come undone
Well jump, jump through your hoops, jump in the fire again,
well I've been through so much, still feel I'm nowhere
Escalation, hostility is foaming over as we reach the boiling point,
peak breached, when a coup d'état is unleashed
Your minimums, your maximums
No fickle, dickle, dickle, daddily dums
No trash talk, shake hands and walk away
We're doing all we can with hands behind our backs, still freedom is all that I demand
A crook I am not, excuse me relax
Just give me breathing room, so I can leave my stamp
Well, who's driving this bus, well I want off now, cause you are the crook running this scam
We're doing all we can with hands behind our backs
Still freedom is all that I demand
It's one common thought
It's one common need
It's one in a million but it's one common greed
You've opened your eyes, don't know what you've seen
It's one in a million, but they're fighting over greed.
Margaux -- beautiful choice. Powerful song as is, but this sheds new light on it! Interesting connection. And I love how it also connects to modern times, and gives hope that maybe one day peace can be achieved!
Sayumi-- absolutely adorable of you to have picked Kelly Clarkson, but also a great connection. I like the "pray" as a Puritan religious aspect (a bit of a stretch, but maybe?), and how America is so secluded and unheard, because they're virtually represented.
Charlie -- I love the anger! Almost a bit dramatic but you get the gist and the frustration.
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, n how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before theyre forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind,
The answer is blowin in the wind.
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, n how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, n how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind,
The answer is blowin in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist
Before its washed to the sea?
Yes, n how many years can some people exist
Before theyre allowed to be free?
Yes, n how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesnt see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind,
The answer is blowin in the wind.
Blowin’ In The Wind -Bob Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ced8o50G9kg
I think this song fits with how the colonists took the chance across the ocean. They needed to get away for whatever reason, risking everything and literally putting their life in the hands of the wind.
I applaud charlie's choice, as it was an option i was considering as well. The bad religion song is quite powerful and is one of my personal favorites. In my opinion, Imagine is also one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and the connection here is quite interesting.
by the way,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ts4M3irWM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8v9yUVgrmPY
After reading that supplement last night I realize that there's more than one side to viewing history. It's not black and white at all. Yes there's the facts and the dates and who wins wars and who loses, but it goes so much deeper than that and for a long time I never liked History because I only thought of it as too many dates and men's names to memorize. Now I see that History makes up who we are today, and history in itself is an ironic concept: with all the different and opposing opinions for how a society should be run, and clashing of religions, and learning from our mistakes in history that who we used to see as an enemy can turn out to become our ally.
I think everyone's ideas are really great. All of these different and powerful songs definitely touch base with at least one aspect of the history we are learning. I was thinking if maybe we'd be able to choose a song without any lyrics. There are so many songs that have a message without words. It would be really interesting to see what songs we would all come up with to portray history if we had to find a song without lyrics. I think sometimes we only think of lyrics telling the story of a song, when its also the rhythm, and scale, and intensity of just the music that also tells the story.
I feel like this song perfectly depicts the attitude of the colonists during the years before and during the Revolution. They simply wanted to break apart from England and "break free."
Queen: Break Free
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
Youre so self satisfied I dont need you
Ive got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free
Ive fallen in love
Ive fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know its for real
Ive fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows Ive fallen in love
Its strange but its true
I cant get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free
But life still goes on
I cant get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I dont want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby cant you see
Ive got to break free
Ive got to break free
I want to break free yeah
I want I want I want I want to break free....
-Candace
I think Neha's song is perfect for this unit because it expresses exactly what the colonists were feeling. Independence was like a whole new world. Especially the line "No one to tell us no
Or where to go," depicts the transition from being a colony to an independent country. This is such an original idea, but it completely works.
-Candace
Wake up - The Arcade Fire
Somethin' filled up
my heart with nothin',
someone told me not to cry.
But now that I'm older,
my heart's colder,
and I can see that it's a lie.
Children wake up,
hold your mistake up,
before they turn the summer into dust.
If the children don't grow up,
our bodies get bigger but our hearts get torn up.
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms turnin' every good thing to
rust.
I guess we'll just have to adjust.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin' to be
when the reaper he reaches and touches my hand.
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am goin’
With my lightnin' bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am go-goin’
You'd better look out below
I chose this song because it's a metaphor for the great awakening of the American people. The revolution occurred because the Americans woke up and realized that they were strong. The line "our bodies get bigger, but our hearts get torn up" is a especially indicative of the American situation. They kept on growing and gaining power yet they had no one true identity. The last line is very indicative of the future because after we defeat the British, then there's really no stopping us,
-Jack
Heres a song that i Think demonstrates the rebellious feelings of the colonists towards the British quite well.
Some Kind of Monster- Metallica
These are the eyes that can't see me
These are the hands that drop your trust
These are the boots that kick you 'round
This is the tongue that speaks on the inside
These are the ears that ring with hate
This is the face that'll never change
This is the fist that grinds you down
This is the voice of silence no more
These are the legs in circles run
This is the beating you'll never know
These are the lips that taste no freedom
This is the feel thats not so safe
This is the face you'll never change
This is the god that ain't so pure
This is the god that is that pure
This is the voice of silence no more
We the people?
Are we the people?
We the people?
Are we the people?
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
This monster lives
This is the face that stones you cold
This is the moment that needs to breathe
These are the claws that scratch these wounds
This is the pain that never leaves
This is the tongue that whips you down
This is the burden of every man
These are the screams that pierce your skin
This is the voice of silence no more
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
This is the test of flesh and soul
This is the trap that smells so good
This is the flood that drains these eyes
These are the looks that chill to the bone
These are the fears that swing overhead
These are the weights that hold you down
This is the end that will never end
This is the voice of silence no more
We the people?
Are we the people?
We the people?
Are we the people?
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
This monster lives
This is the cloud that swallows trust
This is the black that uncolors us
This is the face that you hide from
This is the mask that comes undone
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
This is the cloud that swallows trust
This is the black that uncolors us
This is the face that you hide from
This is the mask that comes undone
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
Ominous, I am in us
Are we the people?
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
Some kind of monster
This monster lives
I chose this song because i think it demonstrates the colonists eagerness to fight ruthlessly for their independence. it even uses the quote "we the people" and asks "are we the people", which is patriotic in of itself. it then goes on to say "this is the voice of silence no more", sort of like the colonists accepted the british's "tyranny" for a while but no longer will they tolerate it, being silent about the issue no more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmHx2blktwU
Alright its past 1 at night, and I hope I’m not too late for my blog comment. I chose a song that’s a little different than the songs already posted. It’s called “She Wants to Move” by N*E*R*D and most of you probably heard this on the radio a few years ago. This might be going too far, but I see a reflection of America’s growing independence from Britain in this song. The singer is an observer in this song, narrating the relationship between a girl and his original man. The girl, who represents America, wants to “move.” She doesn’t want to be held under her original man, which represents England. She’s “sexy” when she breaks away from the social order that restricts her personal interests and love. Her “off beat” curves are something different, something that’s not common. Similarly, Americans were the first to ever break away from a mother nation. Like the Americans, the girl begins to love her independence. In a stride towards true love, she eventually moves away from her original man, or parent country. In the end, it’s a good move for her because she ends up happy.
She makes me think of lightning in skies
(Her name) She's sexy!!
How else is God supposed to write
(Her name) She's sexy!!
Move, she wants to move
But you're hogging her, you're guarding her
She wants to move (she wants to move)
She wants to move (she wants to move)
But you're hogging her, you're guarding her (damn!)
[Chorus - Pharrell Williams (Shae)]
Mister! Look at your girl, she loves it!
(Look at her) I can see it in her eyes
She (come here babe) hopes this lasts forever, Hey!!
[Verse - Pharrell Williams (Shae)]
Her off beat dance makes me fantasize
(Her curves) She's sexy!!
Her ass is a spaceship I want to ride [sound effect]
(Her ass) She's sexy!!
Move, she wants to move
But you're hogging her, and guarding her
She wants to move (she wants to move)
She wants to move (she wants to move)
But you're hogging her, you're guarding her (beat it!!)
[Chorus - Pharrell Williams (Shae)]
Mister! Look at your girl, she loves it!
(I know you love it girl) I can see it in her eyes
She - hopes this lasts forever (hey) Hey!!
[Interlude/Bridge - Pharrell Williams (Shae)]
Ehh, this is your part girl
Uh, this is your part girl!!
(Move, she wants to move) c'mon!
OWW! (Move, she wants to move) ehh
Man (and move, she wants to move)
(Move, she wants to move)
But you're hogging her, you're guarding her
BEAT IT!!
anddd here's the link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-0G1tdOaP4
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