by Christopher Riemann, MD. This is his original full length version. Enjoy. -WV
by Christopher Riemann, MD. Shorter version with video lyrics. The longer version above is better if you have the time. Enjoy -WV
As I sit back and think about what is defined as our reality,
I can’t help but to realize, we’re well down the road to calamity.
I know what I know, I know what is real, but they don’t like it.
They tell me, “You’ve got change what you believe right now!!!”
Mmm Mmmmmm.
They say they know what’s best for us. They really know what we need. They’re the smartest folks in the room. They say it’s so clear, we must concede.
But I know what I know, I know what is real, and they don’t like it.
They say I have to change what I believe right now!!!
Mmm Mmmmmm.
Think for yourself? No it's too dangerous.
Just listen to us, we’re so courageous.
The other side’s lies are so outrageous.
If you don’t think like we say, you’ll be contagious
Mmm Mmmmmm.
The sky is green the grass is blue.
It is self evident. It is true.
The sky is green the grass is blue.
If you don’t believe, you haven’t got a clue.
And you’re a fool.
Your just a … pathetic, inhuman, unenlightened fool.
Mmm Mmmmmmm.
They say it is all relative depending upon your perspective
Left is right and right is wrong, as long as you’re on the side they’re on.
They know what I know, They know what I think, and they don’t like it.
“Are you with us or not? Time to decide right now!!!”
Mmm Mmmmmm.
Detained in jail and I think about, how I came to receive my penalty.
They said that I was the enemy. Excuse me sir, its for everybody’s safety.
I thought that I knew, I knew what was real, they didn’t like it.
“The greater good means they take me away, right now!!!”
Mmm Mmmmmm.
Think for myself? No its too dangerous.
I got to listen to them, they’re so courageous.
The other side’s lies are so outrageous.
I don’t think like they say, so I’m contagious.
Mmm Mmmmmm.
The sky is green the grass is blue.
It is self evident. It is true
The sky is green the grass is blue.
If you still don’t believe, you haven’t got a clue.
And you’re a fool.
Your just a puny, inconsequential fool.
Mmm Mmmmmm.
Noone remembers and noone cares,
about their freedom and self reliance.
They tell us they’ll give us all we need
as long as we remain in compliance.
Now I can see, how I was wrong.
They really helped me.
“Please give me my meds so I may understand and see . . .
. . . so clearly”.
Think for myself? No its too dangerous.
I got to listen to them, they’re so courageous.
The other side’s lies are so outrageous.
I don’t think like they say, so I’m contagious.
Mmm Mmmmmm.
In this song, the singer tells the story of his oppression at the hands of an Orwellian totalitarian state that requires him to believe a manufactured untrue alternate reality. He transforms from an independent free-thinker into a mindless follower.
In stanzas 1-4, the singer is feeling trepidation about the state of affairs he finds himself in. He is being told to change what he believes and what he says to comply with government thought police edicts.
In stanzas 5-8 the singer describes how he is pressured to believe things that are untrue and has his humanity devalued for not doing so. Moralistic relativism is used to justify things that don't make sense.
In stanzas 9-13, the singer's noncompliance is called out and he is given a final ultimatum to comply with the edicts of the thought police. He is an intellectually honest man who does not resulting in his incarceration for being an enemy of the state. Sitting in jail he starts to wonder if what he once believed was actually true. The efforts of his forced re-education begin to bear fruit as he repeats the false reality of the thought police and reaffirms his complete lack of human value if he does not change his beliefs.
Stanzas 14 - 16 describe the complete defeat of our failed hero. He embraces the untrue alternate reality of the state and actively seeks out the pharmacotherapy he is prescribed without which his previous reality threatens to return. He remains at constant war with himself internally remaining a contagion to society because even though he really wants to and has gone all-in on his re-education, those pesky thoughts from before keep creeping into his mind.
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