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Not Getting Better

from Futile Efforts by Raw Nerves

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NOT GETTING BETTER
AS MASS MOVEMENTS GROW AGAINST THE INCREASINGLY ENTRENCHED CORPORATE/POLITICAL STATE
AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RISE AND EXTREME WEATHER PHENOMENON BECOME THE NORM
AS SEVEN BILLION HUMANS NOW OCCUPY THE PLANET AMIDST DEEPENING POVERTY AND STARVATION
THE BIOSPHERE COLLAPSES AND PROFIT SHARES SOAR
IT ISN’T GETTING BETTER

HOW CAN WE ROUSE A POPULACE
THAT JUST SITS IDLY BY
CONSUMED BY MINDLESS DRIVEL
FED ONLY ON LIES
HOW CAN WE OPEN DIALOGUE
WHEN DISCUSSION’S ALREADY BROKEN DOWN
TO PARAPHRASED SLOGANS
OF THE CHIEF FINANCIERS
HOW CAN WE PROTEST AND SURVIVE
AS DISSENT BECOMES CO-OPTED
BY REFORMIST OCCUPATIONS
WITH FRUSTRATIONS MISDIRECTED
HOW CAN WE CHANGE A SYSTEM
THAT ONLY SERVES THE BOTTOM LINE
AS THE LOWEST RUNG DESCENDS
INTO FURTHER DESTITUTION

WE CAN TRY BUT IT ISN’T GETTING BETTER
WE CAN FIGHT BUT IT ISN’T GETTING BETTER
WE STILL TRY BUT IT NEVER GETS BETTER
WE STILL FIGHT BUT IT NEVER GETS BETTER

AS MASS MOVEMENTS GROW AGAINST THE INCREASINGLY ENTRENCHED CORPORATE/POLITICAL STATE
AS GLOBAL TEMPERATURES RISE AND EXTREME WEATHER PHENOMENON BECOME THE NORM
AS SEVEN BILLION HUMANS NOW OCCUPY THE PLANET AMIDST DEEPENING POVERTY AND STARVATION
THE BIOSPHERE COLLAPSES AND PROFIT SHARES SOAR
IT ISN’T GETTING BETTER

WE STILL TRY BUT IT NEVER GETS BETTER
WE STILL FIGHT BUT IT NEVER GETS BETTER

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from Futile Efforts, released July 18, 2013

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