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In reply to the discussion: crossposted from the lounge...looking for heavy metal songs [View all]DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)8. Cross-posted from the lounge. Steppenwolf, Monster
Ok, maybe not the best exemplar of the current heavy metal genre...but they introduced the term with "I like smoke and lightning, heavy metal thunder, racin' with the wind and the feeling that I'm under"
After a brief history of the colonies and early nationhood, we have....
And though the past has it's share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But it's protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey
The spirit was freedom and justice
And it's keepers seem friendly and kind
It's leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
'Cause the people got fat and grew lazy
Now their vote is like a meaningless joke
You know they talk about law, about order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watchin'
Our cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who wins, you know we can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into the noose
And it just sits there watching
America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster.
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It might not be considered "heavy metal", but it IS Pink Floyd, and it IS heavy... Us and Them...
cherokeeprogressive
Sep 2013
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