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Dystopia/ Indifferent Drummers

from Merk. by Andrew Frankel

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A dystopian song that sends a message about the futility of songs trying to send messages, with references to the hits of the past 60 years. The final track on Merk.

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We sang songs about love, love, love, watching weather and a death toll.
Said that we'd had enough of warring countries in a wild world
Struck a chord against the sword.
Now society's fine. I'm living half my life in my own mind,
safe and sound, on the ground, picking pennies pound for pound.
We are marching to the idle beats of indifferent drummers.
Big brother says that I'm still free, so nothing's worrying me.

But the war rages on and on, strumming strings against a gunman.
We take all of our pills for thrills, so I can keep on having fun, man.
We got bored, so we soared.
Now society's kind. I'm living half my life in my own mind
safe and sound, underground, spending copper like it's brown.
We've fallen pray to the illusion of expendable summers.
Big brother says we've all got time, but I don't know.
What if big brother's lying?

We've sedated the whole nation.
Yeah but I'm picking up good vibrations.
Deception causes pain.
Well, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
But doesn't it get you frustrated?
Fuck no, I want to be sedated.

That's why society's blind, and living half its life in its own mind
It's a dream. It's obscene. All I know is
On that screen, we're intelligent life told that we are better off dumber.
I say we're marching to the idle beats of indifferent drummers.
Yeah, we're marching to the idle beats of indifferent drummers.

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from Merk., released December 19, 2013

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