Tuesday, October 13, 2009

492 : 8/15/99 : Shorn

1,624 : 0 ?


The things I’ve seen
you’d have to call it porn
the way they line the children
up to get shorn
Well set them all up in vests
It’s the next big thing
separate the fools
from the money that they earn
That story’s old hat by now
they’re still running that old burn
You got to be with the times if you
wanna take a pass at that golden ring
The things that I watch
As you fall into the ranks
And it’s ten long years
since that kid faced the tanks
And God only knows where he is now
probably sitting in jail
we treat all the pictures
and images the same
we like to talk big but we
all play the game
all afraid to look too hard
at what we chose on the holy grail

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

1 comment:

scrivener said...

As referenced in the song, the fate (and identity) of "Tank Man" remains unknown, though there are many rumors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man#Identity_and_fate