Thursday, April 16, 2020

The Rebel Black Dot Song o' the Day: SKApril X


Five Iron Frenzy, "Someone Else's Problem" from Engine of a Million Plots (Rude Boy Mike Papa Whiskey)

Skammentary:
"You're cutting some corners,
Leave nothing for mourners,
Leave nothing for the people (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
In all those other places,
Just don't look at their faces,
And you can believe that they don't bleed like you.

"You want to close your eyes,
You want to make believe,
This tangled web you weave
Is nowhere near the place you sleep,
While other people's lives are cheap,
And all of this is someone else's problem.

"And here lies the problem:
It's not that you rob them,
Just look the other way (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh).
Just make some more excuses,
Your life stems from abuses
Of other people's lives you'll never have to see.

"You want to close your eyes,
You want to make believe,
This tangled web you weave
Is nowhere near the place you sleep,
While other people's lives are cheap,
And all of this is someone else's problem."

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