Wrote a song late last night but didn't get around to blogging about it till this morning. I've been wanting to write a song about how I feel about America, but somehow the songs always end up being about something else entirely. This one is much the same. America is a complex thing to me. It makes me proud, indifferent, and frustrated all at the same time.
This song sort of ended up being about how much I loathe talking heads (not the band), and people who prey on others' insecurities to advance a destructive agenda. Read between the lines, I guess.
"This Broken Land"
Through the valley
Past the lonely hills
From the ocean
To the Catskills
Yeah i love this broken land
And i love it’s broken men
From the soldier
To the pacifist
People religious
And atheist
Yeah i love each and every heart
It’s their pride that drives them apart
Oh please be
Silent for once in your lives
This hate
Only undermines
Every nation
Even Americans
Every Muslim
And Christian
How can you claim war in the name of God?
Truth dare not be made your pretense
Lay your weapons down and weep for the death
We’re all complicit in
