We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the foe, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they all flown in the next war
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
No, no!
I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
For I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
There's nothing in the street
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now the parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again
No, no!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Song written by English rock musician Pete Townshend, for his band, The Who. It was originally meant to be part of a rock-opera named "Lifehouse", but the project was aborted and it ended up first released on their 1971 "Who's Next" album. The song helped us thinking about the further consequences of what we've been calling "revolutions".
24 Oct 2008
You say you want a revolution...
Some people are glad with their lives and just don't mind how the rest of the world is. Some people admit things aren't well, but say it's the only way they could be. Some people also agree there are many problems, but they have hope all this trouble can be solved, that something new and far better can take place. Out of these three ways of thinking, the last may be the bravest one. The believers, more than that, the revolutionary hands, ready to throw away what they don't like and put something they prefer instead. It's simple, quick, and efficient. Isn't it? Maybe so, maybe not. We, in particular, think not.
In spite of the goodwill of the best part of the people involved in all such movements we've heard of til the day, they have never been successful at all. Of course many times they felt the taste of glory but it was a fake one. In order to take down the establishment, that doesn't help and opresses them, these courageous people usually go straight to their most emblematic enemy, the government. When the people defeat the government, they choose the best among them to rule, the one that certainly will bring all the change they've dreamt of. Right after that a handful of improvements is made, not all they wanted, but enough to let them waiting for more and happy for the great victory. Then time passes, nothing more of what they had fought for comes true, indeed, most of what they had earned is taken back, when they realise, they're raising their arms against the government once more. Their brave mate in the revolution becomes what they were fighting against. The one or two tiny better things that remain (when there's anything) don't even compensate all the violence the pseudo-new governemnt had to use in order to take over.
So the group of believers in the change is hoping in vain? Things will always be this bad, as the second group thought? We don't think so. We believe things can change for real, and for the better, just not as instantly and agressively as revolutions as we know them. Neither by blaming the government, nor by trusting the one you'd rather have. It matters little or nothing who is in the power, this person will always have more than others, and even if he/she is not seduced by privileges, and if none of the other people with some power tries to stop him/her from following his/her ideals, they will end being authoritary and violent, to protect their altruist ideas, as they couldn't guess what each person wanted. No, the government is not the biggest problem, and it's not the way to solve it. The establishment doesn't lay in a palace, only. It's also inside billions of minds, and that's what keeps it working. A few days of battle don't turn people's brains upside-down permanently. Far from that, they may get slightly twisted, but they don't take long to come back to the old place. And the world follows.
We believe we all should make the revoltion in our own minds before thinking of something bigger. Starting making small things to make the world a better place, even if they seem almost meaningless, they can help a lot in the change of your own mind. After all, the world is but a reflex of our minds.
In spite of the goodwill of the best part of the people involved in all such movements we've heard of til the day, they have never been successful at all. Of course many times they felt the taste of glory but it was a fake one. In order to take down the establishment, that doesn't help and opresses them, these courageous people usually go straight to their most emblematic enemy, the government. When the people defeat the government, they choose the best among them to rule, the one that certainly will bring all the change they've dreamt of. Right after that a handful of improvements is made, not all they wanted, but enough to let them waiting for more and happy for the great victory. Then time passes, nothing more of what they had fought for comes true, indeed, most of what they had earned is taken back, when they realise, they're raising their arms against the government once more. Their brave mate in the revolution becomes what they were fighting against. The one or two tiny better things that remain (when there's anything) don't even compensate all the violence the pseudo-new governemnt had to use in order to take over.
So the group of believers in the change is hoping in vain? Things will always be this bad, as the second group thought? We don't think so. We believe things can change for real, and for the better, just not as instantly and agressively as revolutions as we know them. Neither by blaming the government, nor by trusting the one you'd rather have. It matters little or nothing who is in the power, this person will always have more than others, and even if he/she is not seduced by privileges, and if none of the other people with some power tries to stop him/her from following his/her ideals, they will end being authoritary and violent, to protect their altruist ideas, as they couldn't guess what each person wanted. No, the government is not the biggest problem, and it's not the way to solve it. The establishment doesn't lay in a palace, only. It's also inside billions of minds, and that's what keeps it working. A few days of battle don't turn people's brains upside-down permanently. Far from that, they may get slightly twisted, but they don't take long to come back to the old place. And the world follows.
We believe we all should make the revoltion in our own minds before thinking of something bigger. Starting making small things to make the world a better place, even if they seem almost meaningless, they can help a lot in the change of your own mind. After all, the world is but a reflex of our minds.
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