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Quick Fix
07.28.08
I've been busy. But hey, who isn't. The problem is that when I'm busy, writing for MRT, despite numerous ideas, takes a back seat. I feel a need to post something though, so what follows are the lyrics to "Quick Fix," a piece that Ministry did years ago with William S. Burroughs, and a link to a video someone made on YouTube. The tune is made memorable by three things: the dark and grinding background music infused with Native American drums and singing, Burroughs’s delivery, and the last two lines. Since I've been feeling more than a little caged recently, it seems appropriate. I've found that the lyrics are contested in a few places, so what you have here is my own interpretation.
"Quick Fix" by Ministry:
To put it country simple, Earth has a lot of things other folks might want . . . like the whole planet.
And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and room for their way of life.
We've seen this happen before, right in these United States.
Your way of life destroyed the Indian's way of life.
Put 'em on reservations didn't ya?
Now, my own position is ticklish.
I'm with the invaders, no use trying to hide that.
And at the same time, I disagree with some of the things they are doing.
Oh, we're not united any more than you are.
Oh, we're not united any more than you are.
Conservative faction is set on nuclear war
as a solution to the, uh, personnel problem.
Others disagree.
Others disagree.
Others disagree.
Now I don't claim my motives are 100% humane,
But I do say if we can't think up anything quieter, and tidier, than that,
We aren't all that much better than you earthlings.
There is no place else to go,
The theater is closed.
There is no place else to go,
The theater is closed.
Cut word lines.
Cut music lines.
Smash the control images.
Smash the control machine.
SAH
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"I'm not a mean person. Bite me." - Anna P. submitted by Cory Q
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