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"Bring On The Changes"
2008/09/20 Sat.
Around the time I wrote this, I was increasingly developing my interests in "world issues" more than anything else.I read Newsweek whenever I could - on the train, in a cafe, in my bed.. And I realized I'd be glad if I could somehow portray the state of the world we lived in. That is, the state that's not entirely bright and cheerful.
I sort of packed the alarming issues I could find into the lyrics. I'd run out of space if I discuss each line, so here I'll try to add some notes to the ones that I think need more comments.
At the end of Verse 1, with "oppressed citizens" I particulary had Burmese (or Myanmar) people in mind. I feel that Aung San Suu Kyi should have been the leader for the many lost years, and I'm sympathetic to the people in the land who have been deprived of democratic freedom.
At the end of the first half of Verse 2: cigarettes are pretty bad. If we rightly call marijuana illegal, we should also ban cigarettes. Its use hurts too many and too much, and benefits too little. Raising cigarette prices is a good step forward.
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(Verse 1)
Oil price surging
Climate crisis emerging
Governments keep splurging
Opinions are diverging
Violence is frequent
Solution seems absent
We are the patients
Of some long lasting ailments
Income gap is widening
Personal info's draining
Terror victims are moaning
Border areas straining
AIDS still incurable
Hungry kids so feeble
Oppressed citizens tremble
When freedom crumbles
(Chorus)
Bring on the changes
We'll cure the bruises
When your heart freezes
Be brave and take the plunges
Here are your chances
Forget the curses
We can break our fences
To go and cross the bridges
(Verse 2)
Corporations telling lies
Desperate single mother sighs
Rich nations don't comply
While the African babies die
Trade in carbon offset
China censors the internet
Increasing public debt
People can't quit cigarettes
Endangered food safety
Clean water not guaranteed
Educational inequity
Dispute between countries
Dependence on coal mines
Biofuels are redefined
G8 protests in the headlines
Dictators never resign
Read in Japanese
Oil price surging
Climate crisis emerging
Governments keep splurging
Opinions are diverging
Violence is frequent
Solution seems absent
We are the patients
Of some long lasting ailments
Income gap is widening
Personal info's draining
Terror victims are moaning
Border areas straining
AIDS still incurable
Hungry kids so feeble
Oppressed citizens tremble
When freedom crumbles
(Chorus)
Bring on the changes
We'll cure the bruises
When your heart freezes
Be brave and take the plunges
Here are your chances
Forget the curses
We can break our fences
To go and cross the bridges
(Verse 2)
Corporations telling lies
Desperate single mother sighs
Rich nations don't comply
While the African babies die
Trade in carbon offset
China censors the internet
Increasing public debt
People can't quit cigarettes
Endangered food safety
Clean water not guaranteed
Educational inequity
Dispute between countries
Dependence on coal mines
Biofuels are redefined
G8 protests in the headlines
Dictators never resign
Read in Japanese