Do you have some favourite lyrics, that in your opinion really sum up society quite well?

Question

I love the lyrics to X-Ray Spex's "Art I Ficial":

I know I'm artificial
But don't put the blame on me
I was reared with appliances
In a consumer society

When I put on my make-up
The pretty little mask not me
That's the way a girl should be
In a consumer society

My existence is elusive
The kind that is supported
By mechanical resources

My existence is elusive
The kind that is supported
By mechanical resources

I wanna be instamatic
I wanna be a frozen pea
I wannna be dehydrated
In a consumer society

In a consumer society
In a consumer society

And of course the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanYS9ZLr3w

Answer 1

Well, did you hear

there's a natural order?

Those most deserving will end up with the most?

That the cream can not help but always rise up to the top?

Well I say... "shit floats"



If you thought things had changed

Friend, you'd better think again

Bluntly put, in the fewest of words:

Cunts are still running the world

Cunts are still running the world



Now the working classes are obsolete

They are surplus to society's needs

So let them all kill each other

and get it made overseas



That's the word, don't you know?

From the guys that's running the show

Let's be perfectly clear boys and girls:

Oh, cunts are still running the world

Cunts are still running the world



Oh yeah!

Oh yeah!



Well, feed your children on crayfish and lobster tails

Find a school near the top of the league

In theory, I respect your right to exist

I will kill you if you move in next to me



Ah, it stinks!

It sucks!

It's anthropologically unjust!

Oh, but the takings are up by a third

Oh, so cunts are still running the world

Yeah, cunts are still running the world

Oh yeah, cunts are still running the world

Cunts are still running the world



The free market is perfectly natural

Do you think that I'm some kind of dummy?

It's the ideal way to order the world

Fuck the morals -

does it make any money?



And if you don't like it

then leave

Or use your right

to protest on the street

Yeah, use your right

but don't imagine that it's heard

Not whilst cunts are still running the world

Yeah, cunts are still running the world

Yeah, cunts are still running the world

Yeah, cunts are still running the world

Oh, cunts are still running the world

Cunts are still running the world



Cunts are still running the world

Answer 2

HMMM

~~ What if ??? think about this . hmmm.. D :)







In the year 2525

by Zager & Evans



In the year 2525, if man is still alive

If woman can survive, they may find

In the year 3535

Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie

Everything you think, do and say

Is in the pill you took today



In the year 4545

You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes

You won't find a thing to chew

Nobody's gonna look at you





In the year 5555

Your arms hangin' limp at your sides

Your legs got nothin' to do

Some machine's doin' that for you



In the year 6565

You won't need no husband, won't need no wife

You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too

From the bottom of a long glass tube



In the year 7510

If God's a-coming, He oughta make it by then

Maybe He'll look around Himself and say

"Guess it's time for the judgement day"



In the year 8510

God is gonna shake His mighty head

He'll either say "I'm pleased where man has been"

Or tear it down, and start again



In the year 9595

I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive

He's taken everything this old earth can give

And he ain't put back nothing



Now it's been ten thousand years, Man has cried a billion tears

For what, he never knew, Now man's reign is through

But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight

So very far away, maybe it's only yesterday

Answer 3

Flakes - Frank Zappa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFvtoJrK1Zg



Flakes! Flakes!



They don't do no good

They never be workin'

When they oughta should

They waste your time

They're wastin' mine

California's got the most of them

Boy, they got a host of them

Swear t'God they got the most

At every business on the coast

Swear t'God they got the most

At every business on the coast

They got the Flakes



Flakes! Flakes!



They can't fix yer brakes

You ask 'em, "Where's my motor?"

"Well it was eaten by snakes . . ."

You can stab 'n' shoot 'n' spit

But they won't be fixin' it

They're lyin' an' lazy

They can be drivin' you crazy

Swear t'God they got the most

At every business on the coast

Swear t'God they got the most

At every business on the coast

[Take it away, Bob. . .]



I asked as nice as I could

If my job would

Somehow be finished by Friday

Well, the whole damn weekend

Came 'n' went, Frankie

[Wanna buy some mandies, Bob?]

'N'they didn't do nothin'

But they charged me double for Sunday

You know, no matter what you do

They gonna cheat 'n' rob you

Then they'll send you a bill

That'll get your senses reelin'

And if you do not pay

They got computer collectors

That'll get you so crazy

Til your head'll go through th' ceilin'

Yes it will!



I'm a moron 'n' this is my wife

She's frosting a cake

With a paper knife

All what we got here's

American made

It's a little bit cheesey,

But it's nicely displayed

Well we don't get excited when it

Crumbles 'n' breaks

We just get on the phone

And call up some Flakes

They rush on over

'N' wreck it some more

'N' we are so dumb

They're linin' up at our door

Well, the toilet went crazy

Yesterday afternoon

The plumber he says

"Never flush a tampoon!"

This great information

Cost me half a week's pay

And the toilet blew up

Later on the next day ay-eee-ay



We are millions 'n' millions

We're coming to get you

We're protected by unions

So don't let it upset you

Can't escape the conclusion

It's probably God's Will

That civilization

Will grind to a standstill

And we are the people

Who will make it all happen

While yer children is sleepin',

Yer puppy is crappin'

You might call us Flakes

Or something else you might coin us

But we know you're so greedy

That you'll probably join us

We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you

We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you

We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you

We're comin' to get you, we're comin' to get you

Answer 4

Looking For Angels by Skillet. In my opinion, the song is more about the downsides of this world.

'Going through this life looking for Angels

People passing by, looking for Angels.

Walk this world alone try to stay on my feet

Sometimes crawl, fall, but I stand up cause I'm afraid to sleep

And open my eyes to a new day, with all new problems and all new pain

All the faces are filled with so much anger

Losing our dignity and hope from fear of danger

After all the wars, after settling the scores, at the break of dawn we will be deaf to the answers

There's so much bigotry, misunderstanding and fear

With eyes squinted and fists clinched we reach out for what is dear

We want it we want

We want a reason to live

We're on a pilgrimage

A crusade for hope

Cause in our hearts and minds and souls we know

We need it we need

We need more than this

Going through this life looking for angels

People passing by looking for angels

Walking down the streets looking for angels

Everyone I meet looking for angels

So many nations with so many hungry people

So many homeless scrounging around for dirty needles

On the rise, teen suicide, when we will realize

we've been desensitized by the lies of the world

We're oppressed and impressed by the greedy

Whose hands squeeze the life out of the needy

When will we learn that wars, threats, and regrets are the cause and effect of living in fear

Who can help protect the innocence of our children

Stolen on the internet with images they can't forget

We want it we want

We want a reason to live

We represent a generation that wants to turn back a nation

To let love be our light and salvation

We need it we need

We need more than this

I became a savior to some kids I'll never meet

Sent a check in the mail to buy them something to eat

What will you do to make a difference, to make a change?

What will you do to help someone along the way?

Just a touch, a smile as you turn the other cheek

Pray for your enemies, humble yourself, love's staring back at me

In the midst of the most painful faces

Angels show up in the strangest of places'

Answer 5

"With God On Our Side" by Bob Dylan



Oh my name it is nothin'

My age it means less

The country I come from

Is called the Midwest

I's taught and brought up there

The laws to abide

And the land that I live in

Has God on its side.



Oh the history books tell it

They tell it so well

The cavalries charged

The Indians fell

The cavalries charged

The Indians died

Oh the country was young

With God on its side.



The Spanish-American

War had its day

And the Civil War too

Was soon laid away

And the names of the heroes

I's made to memorize

With guns on their hands

And God on their side.



The First World War, boys

It came and it went

The reason for fighting

I never did get

But I learned to accept it

Accept it with pride

For you don't count the dead

When God's on your side.



When the Second World War

Came to an end

We forgave the Germans

And then we were friends

Though they murdered six million

In the ovens they fried

The Germans now too

Have God on their side.



I've learned to hate Russians

All through my whole life

If another war comes

It's them we must fight

To hate them and fear them

To run and to hide

And accept it all bravely

With God on my side.



But now we got weapons

Of the chemical dust

If fire them we're forced to

Then fire them we must

One push of the button

And a shot the world wide

And you never ask questions

When God's on your side.



In a many dark hour

I've been thinkin' about this

That Jesus Christ

Was betrayed by a kiss

But I can't think for you

You'll have to decide

Whether Judas Iscariot

Had God on his side.



So now as I'm leavin'

I'm weary as Hell

The confusion I'm feelin'

Ain't no tongue can tell

The words fill my head

And fall to the floor

If God's on our side

He'll stop the next war.

Answer 6

The wall on which the prophets wrote

Is cracking at the seams.

Upon the instruments of death

The sunlight brightly gleams.

When every man is torn apart

With nightmares and with dreams,

Will no one lay the laurel wreath

When silence drowns the screams.



Confusion will be my epitaph.

As I crawl a cracked and broken path

If we make it we can all sit back

And laugh.

But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,

Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.



Between the iron gates of fate,

The seeds of time were sown,

And watered by the deeds of those

Who know and who are known;

Knowledge is a deadly friend

When no one sets the rules.

The fate of all mankind I see

Is in the hands of fools.



Confusion will be my epitaph.

As I crawl a cracked and broken path

If we make it we can all sit back

And laugh.

But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying,

Yes I fear tomorrow I'll be crying.



More lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/king+crimson/#share

Answer 7

you got no time for the messenger

got no regard for the thing that you don't understand,

you got no fear of the underdog,

that's why you will not survive!

...

and there's so much you could learn but you don't want to know



"the underdog" by spoon



From one moment to a next

Reading in the papers to know what's best

Sometimes you don't know yourself

Eating loads of vitamins for your health

From one moment to a next

Red negativity in the street

Maybe it's the earth, maybe it's the heat

A baby on the bus smiled at me so easy



"for reverend green"- animal collective



also the lyrics to

neon bible by arcade fire

the boy with the arab strap by belle and sebastian

fitter happier by radiohead

Answer 8

I think Lily Allen - 22 is a really good songs



Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWjNFC-FinU&ob=av2e



Lyrics - When she was 22 the future looked bright

But she's nearly 30 now and she's out every night

I see that look in her face, she's got that look in her eye

She's thinking how did I get here and wondering why



It's sad but it's true how society says her life is already over

There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say

'Til the man of her dreams comes along

Picks her up and puts her over his shoulder

It seems so unlikely in this day and age



She's got an alright job but it's not a career

Whenever she thinks about it, it brings her to tears

'Cause all she wants is a boyfriend, she gets one night stands

She's thinking how did I get here, I'm doing all that I can



It's sad but it's true how society says her life is already over

There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say

'Til the man of her dreams comes along

Picks her up and puts her over his shoulder

It seems so unlikely in this day and age



It's sad but it's true how society says her life is already over

There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say

'Til the man of her dreams comes along

Picks her up and puts her over his shoulder

It seems so unlikely in this day and age

Answer 9

Yes I do. The song is called Mad World.



All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for their daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow



And I find it kinda funny

I find it kinda sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very, very mad world mad world



Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday

And I feel the way that every child should

Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me, no one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

Look right through me, look right through me



And I find it kinda funny

I find it kinda sad

The dreams in which I'm dying

Are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find it hard to take

When people run in circles

It's a very, very mad world ... mad world

Enlarging your world

Mad world

Answer 10

.............Another Brick In The Wall....



Pink Floyd



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw

Answer 11

"Crazy Train" from Ozzy Osbourne pretty much sums up the world.

Answer 12

Dammit, David :P I was -just- about to put that, lol. "Running the World" is easily the best, in my opinion.

Answer 13

"Anthem Part 2" By Blink-182(:



Everything has fallen to pieces,

Earth is dying help me Jesus

We need guidance, we've been misled,

young and hostile, but not stupid.



Corporate leaders, politicians,

kids can't vote, adults elect them

Laws that rule the school and workplace,

signs that caution, sixteen's unsafe.



We really need to see this through,

we never wanted to be abused

We'll never give up, it's no use,

if we're fucked up you're to blame



Let this train wreck burn more slowly,

kids are victims in this story

Drown our youth with useless warnings,

teenage rules they're fucked and boring



We really need to see this through,

we never wanted to be abused

We'll never give up, it's no use,

if we're fucked up you're to blame



Everything has fallen to pieces,

Everything has fallen to pieces,

Everything has fallen to pieces,

Everything has fallen to ...



We really need to see this through,

we never wanted to be abused,

We'll never give up, it's no use,

if we're fucked up you're to blame!

Answer 14

UB40 I am the One in Ten,, good one this girl,,

Answer 15

american idiot :P