21/12/2017 0 Comments Neverending AnthemI once heard a man say...
rock n' roll can never die I never knew the reason why /when I looked in his eyes / I thought I saw a tear inside. I once heard a band play... with such emotion the room was spinnin' in motion I was blinded by the light the doorway was in sight. And then, when I came back the whole world had changed the Cold War era seemed to thaw the European theatre shocked when the Iron Curtain dropped Then the vultures descended true culture undefended the corporation made us slaves with a wage lust in service of darkness. We will not be chipped or controlled. We will not be sold. Commodifying all the things that matters to we human beings We serve not your master. This song will not be made into your anthem human art is a right for this we will fight and your children will pay. the part of the show I most remember was in the end I realized the writer had us all along in the grips of a pen we might change the end again. Of course I understand the inclination to romanticize the past but now and then it really was - better back then because money took over.. and history has re-itterations like in 1969 to the valley one more time on the day the music shines then the whole planet has a human celebration of what it means to be alive to exist! with curious minds! to dream! with open eyes! -with rock bands playin' in the sky I once heard a man say... The arc of history is long, - but it bends towards justice.
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