It is necessary that I post this here now:
There was one with lyrics, but I couldn't bear multiple repetitions of "your" instead of "you're".
John Bird in The Big Issue commenting on the Occupy the City protest, says:
How can the anger be given duration? The fight needs to be about giving up on dreaming. On wishful thinking. On Idealism.
Well… I think I know what he means, but, it kind of doesn't make any sense unless you mentally translate it to something a bit different.
"What are you fighting for?"
"Me? I'm fighting to give up on dreaming. Yeah. That's my dream. To give up. That's what I'm fighting for."
"Can you be more specific?"
"I'm fighting not to care about the world's inequalities. I'm fighting just to keep things as they are, or let them slide, or in fact, to let whatever happens happen, regardless of whether it's right or wrong. That's what I'm fighting for."
"So, why don't you stop fighting then?"
"No. The fight must go on. The fight to give up. The fight not to fight. For the sake of a world… exactly like this one, or different – who cares? – I will not cease from muddled thinking and the battle against my own ideals."
People are so strange. I suppose I can't talk. Anyway, no time to elaborate now. I have to get back to work.
Always loved that song. Curiously I came to your post while listening to “Waiting For The Rapture”, a fairly literal appropriation of “Five To One” by Sixties’ obsessives Oasis. Seemed like an obliquely appropriate title for your sentiments too. People are strange.
“‘How can the anger be given duration? The fight needs to be about giving up on dreaming. On wishful thinking. On Idealism.'”he’s so right.it’s a giant leap of faith to actually try to do something.who is willing to sacrifice his person interests to campaign for the whole present human race? not many.i don’t see any way to turn this ‘occupy’ movement into brass tacks.the power possessors are so entrenched and armed to the teeth (funded by the people) and they are not going to give up any lucre without a bloody revolution and it will be very bloody and long. but it won’t help as long as human nature remains as it is now. new rulers will dictate to the rest. and as always go home with the gold. sounds pessimistic? no. it’s possible but the human race has to, god dammit, grow up.
Will have to come bak to this. Don’t have a problem with the occupy movement myself, though it may not – as suggested – make much difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyuAunIFjzQ&feature=related