Melbourne Ska Orchestra, "Paradiso" from Melbourne Ska Orchestra (The Last Angry Rude Boy)
Skammentary: "Paradiso's" response to the obvious crisis of post-modernity isn't precisely correct—we ought not to seek escape from the world, but the redemption of the world—but that last line quoted below is spot on. What puzzles me about the world today is that everybody knows something has gone terribly, terribly wrong, yet most of us won't even entertain the only solution to all the ills of man.
"See the people slaving to the top,
With nothing much to show,
Hear the money pool is drying up,
With twice as many seeds to sow.
"Well, if you're carrying the load,
It makes the day grow old
Before it's even just begun to wake.
"There's a trick to flip the page,
I heard the message from a sage:
Close your eyes and feel the great escape.
"Paradiso!
It's all in your mind,
You can take a holiday any old time!
Paradiso!
It's how you perceive,
Find the best in every test and set yourself free…"
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