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Written May / August 1998

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Well I've got vision, I can see, and I see deep into the past
I've been blinded by conformity, but I've broken from the cast
Satisfaction for the average will be shaken in the storm
And all those apathetic efforts won't be accepted as the norm

When reality comes rushin' and that feeble dam comes down
The leaven turns its trick and makes a man seek higher ground
I don't call for something crazy, I'm not dumb for something strange
I'm not the only one that knows that it's time to rearrange

And as I read every word of the letter
I'm crying loud for something better
So many sins are nice and vague, it's a trick to pin 'em all down
So many words are like a plague, every time they make a sound
But their sails are set for surrender, yes, they're sauntering towards death
'Cause their eyes are caked with capital, they got profit on their breath

It shouldn't come as any shock that they pander at your knees
'Cause they spect you're bound to stoop to their level by degrees
Yeah, such tantalizing treason can't be anything but right
Upon the serf it's open season, raise your rifles, set your sights

And as I read every word of the letter
I'm cryin' loud for something better
Your tongues fork like rivers and your mind's dull like a spoon
And you're searchin' for a butterknife to cauterize the wound
But your eyes roll in their sockets and you mouths are full of sand
And the way you bend to suggestion it's a wonder that you stand

You catch yourself attatched to anything but what you believe
Your surface isn't scratched, you don't think the way you see
And your gods are so unnatural, you buckle and you bust
And when the sun shines hotter, you just melt into the crust

And as I read every word of the letter
I'm cryin' loud for something better
There's a spotlight on the river from the forehead of the barge
It calls the quiet cavalry and it leads the creeping charge
But we disregard the spotlight and we're defeaned to the voice
Because we're reckless in our thinking and we're careless in our choice
Lord, I'm sick that I'm surrounded by the neon destitute
So I generalize and fool myself to speak in absolutes
But I'm not even tortured, I'm not even alone
I'm just some adolescent poet searchin' for the unknown

And as I read every word of the letter
I'm cryin' loud for something better

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from Songs for the Anti​-​De​-​Counterrevolution, released June 23, 2000

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Rob Getzschman Los Angeles, California

Rob Getzschman is a singer-songwriter and producer from Omaha living in Los Angeles. He was previously front man for DC-based Analog Jetpack, played bass for LA's Highland Hawks and writes and produces music for Mighty Good Road. www.mightygoodroad.com

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