We are really just a tiny speck on this Earth if you think about it, 1 out of 7 billion!
one by yeasayer, in honor of this song being in my head forever
I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy, wars, jobs, my savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc., I called the Suicide Hotline.
I got a call-centre in Pakistan, and when I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could fly a plane.
yeasayer ! dj set, body clocks, the fleece, bristol 2010.08.26 by kajaphotography
I don’t mean to disrespect Freedman, but this seems like a wonderful “when you are shitting” read. Come to think of it, what I said could be a compliment albeit a crude one - wonderful things happen in the comfort room as we warm ourselves on the throne of introspection.
Lyrics (translated from French)
Come closer boy, listen to me kid,
I’m going to tell you the story of Mankind
At first there was nothing, and all was well
Nature just grew and spread out, with no paths or roads,
Then Man arrived with heavy boots,
Kicking Nature in the face, to force respect
Tracing one way roads,
Installing signposts throughout the plains,
Mastering all the forces of Nature
Within the blink of an eye was the story changed
And we’re not about to reverse the trend
We’ve even started to pollute the desert
You’ve got to take a deep breath (breathe), and that’s the truth,
You’re not going to die of laughter, and that’s gotta be said
In a few years, we’ll have cut down all the trees
And your grandkids will only have one eye
In the middle of the forehead and they’ll ask
Why you have two eyes, and you’ll look like a fool
They’ll ask you how you were able to sit back and allow this to happen
You’ll try to defend yourself, explaining in a low voice
That it’s not your fault but the fault of the Elders
Yet there will be no one left to clear you of blame
You’ll tell them about the days when you could
Eat fruits, lying in the grassy fields
There were animals all over the forest,
When Spring begun, all the birds returned once again,
You’ve got to take a deep breath (breathe), and that’s the truth
You’re not going to die of laughter, and that’s gotta be said
You’ve got to breathe, tomorrow it will all get worse
You’re not going to die of laughter, and that’s gotta be said
You’ve got to take a deep breath (breathe), and that’s the truth,
You’re not going to die of laughter, and that’s gotta be said [2x]
The worst part of the story is that we are all slaves
Part of us, an assassin, and here quite unable
To look at the trees without feeling guilty
Like someone with his pants down, feeling misery 100%
So this, my boy, is the story of Mankind
It’s not very pretty, and I don’t know the ending,
You weren’t born in a cabbage patch, but instead in a hole
That we fill day by day, like a manure pit
You’ve got to take a deep breath (breathe), and that’s the truth,
You’re not going to die of laughter, and that’s gotta be said [2x]
You have to breathe [4x]
I know going to school is way better than working a nine to five but nooooo, I don’t want school to start!!
