lizardtail wrote:
NP: Van der Graaf Generator - Present
holy crap this is going to rule.
your a man of taste
Queudlezard this album is indeed awesome ! I particullary appreciate the opening tune "Every Bloody Emperor" and its lyrics
Quote:
Every Bloody Emperor
By this we are all sustained : a belief in human nature
and in justice and parity... all we have is faith to carry on.
Imperceptible the change as our votes become mere gestures
and our lords and masters determine to cast us
in the roles of serfs and slaves
in the new Empire's name.
And every bloody emperor claims that freedom is his cause
as he buffs up in the common touch as a get-out clause.
Unto Nations Nations speak in the language of the Gutter;
trading primetime insults in the imperial impulse
extends across the screen.
Truth's been beaten to its knees; the lies embed ad infinitum
till their repetition becomes a dictum
we're traitors to disbelieve.
With what impotence we grieve for the democratic process
as our glorious leaders conspire to feed us
the last dregs of imperious disdain
in the new Empire's name.
Yes and every bloody emperor's got his hands up history's skirt
as he poses for posterity over the fresh-dug dirt.
Yes and every bloody emperor with his sticky rictus grin
talks his way out of nearly anything but the lie within
because every bloody emperor thinks his right to rule divine
so he'll go spinning and spinning and spinning into his own decline.
Imperceptible the change as one by one our voices falter
and the double standards of propaganda
still all our righteous rage.
By this we are al sustained : our belief in human nature.
But our faith diminishes- close to the finish,
we're only serfs and slaves
as the empire decays
next, you have to try their awesome late 70's trilogy :
Godbluff, Still Life, World Record
I would advice
Rio to try this band too !
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