MYTHS

The myths we really believe in
Are the ones we don’t notice we believe

CRUMBLE

Slip road and motorway
Watch the weeds grow
Watch the weeds grow
Hydrofoil and aeroplane
Grind to a halt
Grind to a halt

Ariel and phone mast
Turning to rust
Turning to rust
I-pad and Satnav
Crumble to dust
Crumble to dust

Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly

Facebook and Google
Server gone down
Server gone down
Blackberry and Apple
Juice running out
Juice running out

Bank and pension company
Wither and die
Wither and die
Dow Jones and FTSE
Breathe a deep sigh
Breathe a deep sigh

Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly

Loyalty and credit card
Throw them away
Throw them away
Check-out desk and shopping aisle
Nature invades
Nature invades

Manicure and high heel
Cracked and worn
Cracked and worn
Fashion accessory
Faded and torn
Faded and torn

Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly
Crumble slowly

Campfire burning bright
Keep yourself warm
Keep yourself warm

RECIPE FOR A RIOT

1) Create a society that values material things above all else.
2) Strip it of opportunities for meaningful work.
3) Raise taxes from the poor while exempting the rich and corporations.
4) Prop up failed financial institutions with public money.
5) Ask for more tax while vastly reducing public services.
6) Put adverts everywhere, regardless of people’s ability to afford the products.
7) Allow the cost of food, energy and housing to eclipse the ability to pay for them.
8) Light blue touch paper...

9) Condemn those who rebel.
10) Lock them up in the name of justice.

VICTIM

You stare at the box
You are glued to the screen
As your Internet phone
Burns a hole in your jeans
You’ve got no time to lose
As you burn up the road
You are on a short fuse
You’re about to explode

Your parents don’t care
That you’re out on the street
They curse and they swear
When you get under their feet
So you run with the mob
You riot and you loot
You steal and you rob
Then you put in the boot

But you’re not bad
You’re just getting your own back
You’re a victim
What did they do to you?
You’re a victim
What did they put you through?
You’re a victim

You unleash pandemonium
You are heaped with opprobrium
You have no sense of propriety
You have no place in society

So you self-medicate
To escape from your plight
And the stuff that you take
Gets you high as a kite
You’re untamed and you’re wild
You’re condemned and reviled
You’ve got nothing to lose
And everything to gain

But you’re not to blame
It’s something you can’t explain
You’re a victim
What did they do to you?
You’re a victim
What did they put you through?
You’re a victim
What else can you do?
You’re a victim
They’ve taken everything from you