Subliminal's blog: "Subliminal Lies"

Frank Zappa : Dumb All Over

Whoever we are, or wherever we're from. we should've noticed by now, our behaviour is dumb. and if our chances expect to improve, it's going to take a lot more than trying to remove. the other race, or the other whatever. from the face of the planet altogether. they call it the Earth, which is a dumb kind of name. but they named it right, because we behave the same. we are dumb all over. dumb all over, yes we are. dumb all over, near and far. dumb all over, black and white. dumb all over, people we is not wrapped tight. nerds on the left, nerds on the right. religious fanatics on the air every night. saying the bible tells a story, makes the DJ all sound real gory. 'bout what to do, if the geeks over there don't believe in the book we got over here. we can't run a race without no feet. and pretty soon there won't be no street. for dummies to jog on, or doggies to dog on, religious fanatics be making it all gone. and won't blow up and disappear, it'll just look ugly for a thousand years. you can't run a country by a book or religion. not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon. of foolish rules of ancient date, designed to make you all feel great. while you fold, spindle and mutilate. those unbelievers from a neighbouring state. two arms to arms, hooray, that's great. two legs ain't bad, unless there's a crate they ship the parts to mama in. for souvenirs, two ears. (get down!) not his, not hers, but what the hey, the good book says it's got to be that way. but their book says, revenge the crusade! with whips and chains and hand grenades. two arms to arms, of another and another. our god says, there ain't no other. our god says, it's all okay. our god says, this is the way. it says in the book, burn and destroy. repent and redeem and revenge and deploy and rumble thee forth to the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side. 'cause they don't know but what's in the book, and that makes 'em bad. so... verily we must choppeth them up, or stompeth them down. or rent a nice french bomb. to poof them out of existance. while leaving their realestate just where we need it. to use again, for temples in which to praise our god. 'cause he can really take care of business. and when his humble TV servant, with white hair and a brown suit, and maybe a blonde wife who takes phone calls. tells us it's okay to do this stuff, then we're supposed to do it. 'cause if we don't do it, we ain't riding up to heaven. depending on which book you're using at the time. can't use theirs, it's all lies. gotta use mine, ain't that right? that's what they say, every night/every day. listen, we can't really be dumb, if we're just following god's orders. afterall, he wrote this book here. and in the book, he says, he made us all to be just like him. so if we're dumb, then God is dumb. and maybe even a little bit ugly on the side. dumb all over. a little ugly on the side. dumb all over. a little ugly on the side.

so, i was sitting here, like i do, thinking. and someone asked what i was doing, like they do, and i said "thinking", and they said something to the effect of "gah, you're always thinking." and i was like, why yes, thinking is what separates us from Republicans... and it is. i'm not a moron, i'm sorry, i do think. i may not always think the right thing, i might even be entirely wrong, but that doesn't matter. well, maybe it does. maybe it's a lot more important than i realise. i accept i can be wrong, probably am wrong, but that's what keeps me sane, and good, in varying senses of the word. that's the pro... okay, that's one problem with Republicans (and Democrats, for that matter...), and Religion... hell, it's wrong with most people today. they can't accept that they could be wrong, that everything is open for debate and/or interpretation, and blah blah blah... that and people take themselves too seriously, which are interrelated, but not the point... the point is, people, we need to quit taking ourselves so fucking serious and just relax, and yes. it is possible for someone to relax and think. actually, usually, the more one thinks, the more relaxed they are, because they're not stressing. now, sure, we can think about stressing things, we often do, but if we think about them, roll them about and analyse them, then maybe we'll understand that it's all okay. it's all good. life is good, and we are dumb all over.

-tips hat- it's okay, kids. it's all good. it's alright. it's okay. just calm down and engage the brain, it's not there just for decoration. that'd be rather dumb, wouldn't it? it's inside. think something, think anything, even if it's wrong. :D