Greedfist

El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
edited September 2005 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
to the tune of Tool's Stinkfist

not the happiest with it b/c some of it seems forced trying to copy innotations....really not that happy with it, but what the hell...i like some of the lines...

something
has to change
drastically and forever
and all you're doing is standing in the fucking way
confiscation
selfishly take more than you need
and i don't think you know any other way

it's not enough
you need more
destroy dreams to satisfy
if you want it
you just take it
save your storybook history for someone who's blind

you don't care how deep you have to dig the lie
you don't give a damn the human cost it takes to get there
just look me in the eye, lie to my face and shake my hand

Lying
deceitful, parasitic entities
with guns pointed at everyone else's head
corporate
manipulators are comforting the sheep
and selling greed as the american way

It's never enough
always need more
distractions made to pacify
I guess
just ignore it
accept the edit
your thoughts, your beliefs, your life is a fucking lie

you don't care how deep you have to bury the lie
moral subjectivity is just something that you'll get used to
just hold your breath and close your eyes

corporate cameras have cast their spell
showing the sheep the way they oughta be
you rationalize everything
swallow up their double-speak

your empty words don't mean anything to me
you really don't think anything's wrong at all?


liar,cheat, thieving...
keep denying everything

you don't care how many have to die
just that prices are lower, always, when you get there
you'll always hold onto your fucking lie
exploit it all and poison the land
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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  • HELL YEAH, Kabong! :) There are some good lines in there. I like:
    "you don't care how deep you have to bury the lie
    moral subjectivity is just something that you'll get used to
    just hold your breath and close your eyes"

    It's got me with my fist in the air saying, "STOP THE BULLSHIT!" Thanks for sharing. :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    As I don't know the tune you have written this to, I have to say that I put it to the Beatles, And I Love Her and it works perfectly.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    thanks...i like a few of the lines but overall i dislike it b/c it's forcing words rather than them naturally flowing out...instead of writing what comes into my head i sit there and think 'ok, what sounds like "finger deep in the borderline"? overall i think it was crap but it was a fun exercise :)

    and upon discovering BE has Aenima (one of the BEST ablums!!!) there is no excuse for you to not know this tune!!!! I will expect her to indoctrinate you into the wonderful world of Tool this weekend!
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • :D HA HA!!! Oh Kabong, he "knows" the tune, he just doesn't know the tune. :p Hee Hee! I drive him bonkers playing that album because I was on a "Hoooker With A Penis" kick when I first got it... Ooooo, I feel a songbreak coming on!!!! :D

    Hooker With A Penis by Tool

    I met a boy wearing Vans, 501s, and a
    Dope Beastie t, nipple rings, and
    New tattoos that claimed that he
    Was OGT,
    From '92,
    The first EP.

    And in between
    Sips of Coke
    He told me that
    He thought
    We were sellin' out,
    Layin' down,
    Suckin' up
    To the man.

    Well now I've got some
    A-dvice for you, little buddy.
    Before you point the finger
    You should know that
    I'm the man,

    And if I'm the man,
    Then you're the man, and
    He's the man as well so you can
    Point that fuckin' finger up your ass.

    All you know about me is what I've sold you,
    Dumb fuck.
    I sold out long before you ever heard my name.

    I sold my soul to make a record,
    Dip shit,
    And you bought one.

    So I've got some
    Advice for you, little buddy.
    Before you point your finger
    You should know that
    I'm the man,
    If I'm the fuckin' man
    Then you're the fuckin' man as well
    So you can
    Point that fuckin' finger up your ass.

    All you know about me is what I've sold you,
    Dumb fuck.
    I sold out long before you ever heard my name.

    I sold my soul to make a record,
    Dip shit,
    And you bought one.

    All you read and
    Wear or see and
    Hear on TV
    Is a product
    Begging for your
    Fatass dirty
    Dollar

    So...Shut up and

    Buy my new record
    Send more money
    Fuck you, buddy.



    Damn that song kicks it up!!!! Love it! :)

    And I know what you mean about forcing out the words. It just feels better when the words flow out and come from the heart. :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • El_KabongEl_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    that song does kick ass! i love the 'i got some advice for you little buddy'

    my only question is to say they sold out...it means hey would'vehad to sell out on undertow....how the hell was that suckin up and sellin out!?

    another great one from Aenima

    Eulogy

    He had alot to say.
    He had alot of nothing to say.
    We'll miss him.
    We'll miss him.
    He had alot to say.
    He had alot of nothing to say.
    We'll miss him.
    We'll miss him.
    We're gonna miss him.
    We're gonna miss him.

    So loooooong!
    We wish you well.
    You told us how you weren't afraid to die.
    Well so looooooong.
    Don't cryyyyy.
    Or feel too down.
    Not all martyrs see divinity.
    But at least you tried.

    Standing above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud.
    We'll miss him.
    We'll miss him.

    Ranting and pointing his finger
    at everything but his heart.
    We'll miss him.
    We'll miss him.
    We're gonna miss him.
    We're gonna miss him.

    No wayyyyyy
    to recall
    what it was that you had said to me,
    like I care at alll.
    But he was sooo louuud.
    You sure could yell.
    You took a stand on every little thing
    and soooo louuuuuuuuud.

    You, could be, the one, who saves, me from, my own, existence.

    Standing above the crowd,
    he had a voice that was strong and loud
    and I swallowed his facade cuz I'm so eager to identify
    with someone above the ground,
    someone who seemed to feel the same,
    someone prepared to lead the way,
    with someone who would die for me.

    Will you?
    Will you now?
    Would you die for me?
    Don't you fuckin' lie.
    Don't you step out of line!
    Don't you step out of line!
    Don't you step out of line!
    Don't you fuckin lie.

    You've claimed all this time
    that you would die for me.
    Why then are you so surprised
    when hear your own eulogy?
    He had alot to say.
    He had alot of nothing to say.
    He had alot to say.
    He had alot of nothing to say.

    Coome down.
    Get off your fuckin cross.

    We need the fuckin space
    to nail the next fool martyr!

    To ascend you must die!
    You must be crucified
    for your sins and your lies!
    Goodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • 'before you point your finger you should know that I'm tha man!'

    :( I miss out on all the fun while I'm at work all day...

    You have excellent taste in music BE! My fav on that album is 'H'.

    Nice work EK...and i see you've put put hippiemom in your sig :) ...kinda makes our trip last forever. :) I miss talking to her in person.:(
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
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