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1. What's the nature of this rat race? Is the goal to make ends meet, to be better than other people, to fit in with other people, or something else? Is there anyone who stands outside the rat race? Can you be happy in the rat race?

2. I realized recently that the existence of a television in our living rooms makes us tolerate behavior we wouldn't stand for outside of the tv. If someone inside of the tv yells about some sale going on, we ignore it, but if they were outside of the tv, we'd tell them to shut up (unless, of course, you were actually interested). I think this is because whenever someone's being rude on tv or blatantly lying to us, we can't yell at them or smack them through the set; their power thus comes from the nature of the television medium. I think it'd be interesting to hear a song about the difference between being inside the tv and being outside it.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group JoAuSc https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-40/#post-258536 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-40/#post-27332 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:38:27 +0000
Last night (about 2am :lol: ) I was just sitting with a pen and paper, writing anything that came to mind while wathcing TV. This morning I've read back what I wrote, and there's a couple of lines that I think I can use together with something I had last week;

We are the generation
Who care not for saints or sinners
Born into a rat race
Of which there are no winners

Whats going wrong
In this world of ours?
Fear and war
Rich and poor
Commentary provided
On a people divided

Try to bury the lies with smiles
Hiding behind false Idols
A nation run by media
Propoganda pushes the fear


I've still no idea where this is really going - any thoughts? I don't know if I even like any of it to be honest! :lol: :lol:
It's not my usual type of writing at all, and feels pretty alien to me when I try to add / change anything. Still, good to flex the ol' brain a bit more than usual eh? :D

Pete]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Embrace_the_Darkness https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-week-40/#post-27332