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July 25, 2002
Past, Present and Future Sound of Chicago
Jesus said " Lay down your arms,
Jesus said "Children come home"
I saw the best minds of my generation running on empty,
Superglued to the T.V.,
Dreaming of prosperity,
Talking incessantly,
Saying nothing
Sleeping on platforms at train stations,
Sipping chemical cocktails,
Alive to the Universe,
Dead to the World.
Hallucinating delusions of media reality in Camden Town,
Desperate in the pursuit of cool
He's in a suit, she's in a straight jacket,
7-11 nightmares at 3am and the moon is quiet and holy.
Watch all the bridges collide,
Well I think we might have to lay low, for a while
I saw the best minds of my generation caught up in the virtual reality of living
Memorizing pin numbers and secret codes,
Swaying robotically to non-existant rhythms,
Flashing memberships to clubs so exclusive nobody belongs,
Jesus said " Lay down your arms"
Jesus said "Children come home"
Scared shitless, witless, clueless, useless, tightlipped,
tightfisted,tightassed, half-assed
Sniveling, groveling, moaning, groaning Sniveling, groveling, moaning,
groaning sniveling, groveling, sniveling, groveling
The city's all wrapped up in plastic like an electronic cocoon.
If you lay in the street you can hear it humming,
Building up slowly from underground
If you close your eyes you can observe the blueprint
The man-made dna that spirals breathlessly out of control,
As synapses collapse,
bridges snap,
into a restless utopia,
Nutopia
Now the rain has arrived
and I think we might have to lay low
Watch all the bridges collide
and I think we might have to lay low.
Nutopia, Meg Lee Chin from Piece and Love
The Java/Flash-enabled can hear the entire album at Meg's web site, along with some cover tracks from the Ministry and Dead Kennedy's tribute albums.
Think I heard her on Industrial Radio, but am too lazy to check the playlists to confirm. And they're worth a listen, anyway.
The first person to ask "What's `industrial', grandpa?" gets slapped. Punk kids.
Posted by Aaron at July 25, 2002 08:57 AM
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