1984

Here's the lyrics to a song called "1984" I ran across a while ago.
I thought it was fitting reading material for ATS.

They're using microwaves to manipulate your thoughts
They gave soldiers acid to see how they fought
Somewhere underground they hide alien ships
They change history and you'll never know

I'm sitting here like it's 1984
Got the secret police knock knocking at my door
Go to my closet pull out my 44
I ain't going to prison for their politics
Ya the system's a leech and they always want more
I ain't going out like uncle sam's whore.
Lock and load your 44, you better smile at your telescreen
It's 1984

Big Brother's watching every move you make
They got cameras in the park, there's informants on the take
Even got spy forms for the postal workers
Propaganda on the tv to confuse and instigate
Violence against those seeking their rights
All you got left is to shut up and fight
Lock and load your 44
Better smile at the telescreen, It's 1984

Better watch out for the thought police
Don't think, don't move, don't even breathe
Better not have subversive thoughts
No choice, no hope is what you got.
Government empaths are scanning your mind
Careful what you think or you'll be caught

Lock and load your 44, you better smile at the telescreen.
It's 1984.

Wise words. There are quite a few songs that resonate these days. Here is one of my personal favorites.

"The eastern world it is explodin',
violence flarin', bullets loadin',
you're old enough to kill but not for votin',
you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
and marches alone can't bring integration,
when human respect is disintegratin',
this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when you return, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace,
and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
no no you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction."

Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

nice ones, here's mine (original post)

1993 - Jesus Jones - Zeroes and Ones

Across the world - the message flies
Information, TRUTH AND LIES
It's all yours and its all mine
You just have to find the time

We're all the same
We share the Blame
We play the games

If its yes or no, the decision is easy
Its easy

Zeroes and ones will take us there

This time the revolution
Will be Computerised
You'll know it as you do it
In REAL TIME before your eyes

Slip between - realities
There's more to this than anything
that you or I can see

The world is mine
The world is yours
And here's the cause

Zeroes and Ones will take us there

I've stared into the heart of it all
seen the pictures on the wall
the beat of a heart
The oceans part and the patterns in my mind

This time, we've split the world once more
There's those that have and that don't
in information wars

We're not alone cause all is known
and its EVERYWHERE - its everywhere

Zeroes and Ones will take us there

Wish I had seen this thread sooner. There are many songs that were written decades ago that seem to have inadvertently predicted what things would be like later on.


Agent Orange - The Last Goodbye (1981)

Someday someone somewhere somehow
Is going to make you understand
These words will drill into your head
You undergo the process then
You will do anything they say
They will have power over you
You will not question their authority
You know what they can do

I shake my head, I don't know what to say
I see my chance to turn and walk away
I will not be a part of this romance
I just can't take that chance
Because I see my opportunity to shout
The last goodbye

I bet you never did expect
To have a big important name
They all will have exquisite taste
But everyone will look the same
You will be quickly photographed
You will be shot from every side
They'll teach you what you need to learn
Then they will take you for a ride

The part highlighted in bold is so accurate.