Appropriate song of the moment:

[The Mister]

This song was released in August 2000. The lyrics are rather symbolic, though, if an attempt is made to stretch the metaphor to the current situation. (It helps to revise the part about "elation", though.)

"Rain of Revelation" - Spock's Beard, _V_
<font size=2>Got a locket on a string
She caresses as she brings me jasmine tea
Breaking out of who she was
She confesses that she's not sure how
And I cannot explain now
But the rain keeps coming down

It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
It's the pain of pure elation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down

She's a shifted paradigm
She's my partner in my crime against the clock
If she's the wind then I'm a fan
Blowing through and changing who I am
And I don't understand how
But she's blowing through me now....

It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
It's the pain of pure elation
I can't live without
I can't live without, I can't live with....

I had somethin' black and somethin' blue
But I never heard a thing that's true
And I always thought there's nothing new under the sun

And I cannot explain now
But the rain keeps coming down

It's the rain of revelation
Just keeps comin' down
Just keeps comin' down
It's the pain of pure elation
I can't live without
I can't live without

It's through now.....
I've gone underground
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Or maybe not. I don't know...

[Anonymous]

one of the "Worst Dylanesque Songwriting Ripoffs" but still timely.

The Eastern world, it is explodin',
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'.
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin',
You don't believe in war -- but what's that gun you're totin'?
An' even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'.
But you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say,
An' can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away,
There'll be no one to save, will the world in a grave.
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy.
An' you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'.
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
Handful of senators don't pass legislation,
An' marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin',
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.
An' you tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China,
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama.
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space,
But when you return it's the same ol' place,
The poundin' of the drums, the pride an' disgrace.
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace.
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace,
An' tell me, over and over and over again, my friend,
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction,
No, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

[Anonymous]

Well the eagle's been flyin' slow

And the flag's been flyin' low

And a lotta people sayin' that America's fixin' to fall

Well speakin' just for me

And some people from Tennessee

We've got a thing or two to tell you all

This lady may have stumbled

But she aint never failed

And if the Russians don't believe that

They can all go straight to hell

We're gonna put her feet back

On the path of righteousness and then

God bless America again

CHORUS

And you never did think

That it ever would happen again

You never did think

That we'd ever get together again

( We da*& sure fooled you )

Yeah, we're walkng real proud

And we're talkin' real loud again ( In America )

You never did think

That it ever would happen again

From The Sound up in Long Island

Out to San Francisco Bay

And everthing that's in between them Is our own

And we may have done a little bit

Of fightin' amongst ourselves

But you outside people best leave us alone

'Cause we'll all stick together

And you can take that to the bank

That's the cowboys and the hippies

And the rebels and and the yanks

You just go and lay your hand

On a Pittsburgh Steelers' fan


Charlie Daniels Band
And I think you're gonna finally understand

[The Mister]

Another one (as mentioned in another thread):

"Even Less" - Porcupine Tree, _Stupid Dream_ <font size=2>
A body is washed up on a Norfolk beach
He was a friend that I could not reach
He thought I was cold but I understand
But for the grace of god goes another man

And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr to even less

A choirboy is buried on the moors
Where we used to go dreaming when we were bored
So some kids are best left to fend for themselves
And others were born to stack shelves

And I may just waste away from doing nothing
But you're a martyr to even less

[CaptainCavy]

I never really liked this song personally, but I can't get it out of my head.


If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
with just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my lucky stars
to be livin' here today.
Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can't take that away.

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea
From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to LA
Well there's pride in every American heart
And its time we stand and say

That I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today
Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA

-- Lee Greenwood

[Anonymous]

I'm glad,
I didn't know The way,
The way it all would end,
The way it all would go

Our lives,
Are better left to chance,
I could have missed the pain,
But I'd of had to miss the dance



----The whole song---------

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared 'neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end,
the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Holding you I held everything
For a moment wasn't I a king
But if I'd only known how the king would fall
Hey who's to say you know I might have chanced it all

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I'd of had to miss the dance

Yes my life is better left to chance
I could have missed the pain but I'd of had to miss the dance

[Anonymous]

from once in a lifetime, and in response to all the bull I've heard about america changing forever:

Same as it ever was
Same as it ever was

[Dr T Non-Fan]

"I can't believe the news today.
I can't close my eyes and make it go away."

[Anonymous]

So now as I'm leavin' I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feelin' ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and they fall to the floor
If God is on our side he'll stop the next war

Bob Dylan

[Anonymous]

Speaking of Dylan, I think I should give "Masters of War" another spin through the stereo.

The line, "Who build the death planes" takes on a whole new meaning.