Rock For Sustainable Capitalism

Rock For Sustainable Capitalism

Propagandhi
(album: Potemkin City Limits)

I fuckin´ love that one rock video where
that fucking jack-ass mohawked millionaire
prances around by far the worst sausage party on earth,
where by mere chance he´s caught on film shaking hands
with an incredibly diverse collection of patriotic skins.
I like the message it sends:
With a Rebel yell, Just Do Exactly What You´re Told.
One million douche bags can´t be wrong?
"When did punk rock become so safe?"
You´ll excuse me if I laugh in your face
as I itemize your receipts
and PowerPoint your balance sheets.

I hear this year´s Vans Warped Tour is "going green!"
I guess they heard that money grows on trees.
Hope they ship all those shitty bands overseas
like they did the factories.

Music´s power to describe, compel, renew...
It´s all a distant second to the offers you can´t refuse.
Anyone remember when we used to believe
that music was a sacred place and not some fucking bank machine?

Not something you just bought and sold?
How could we have been so naive?
Well, I think when all is said and done,
just cause we were young doesn´t mean we were wrong.

And I´ll rock back and forth
on this two-bit hobbyhorse
´til she splinters and gives way.
I´ll tend the flowers by her grave.
And whisper her name.

If anyone out there understands
can I please see a show of hands
just so I know I´m not insane?
Ever get the feeling you´ve been played?

Well, that´s rock for sustainable capitalism and you know,
we may face a scorched and lifeless earth,
but they´re accountable to their shareholders first.
That´s how the world works.