Planting Seeds

Album: There Is No Enemy (2009)
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  • I'd hand it to time if I knew where the time had gone
    The connoisseurs were wrong
    And so was everyone else

    I know what they're saying 'cause that's all they talk about
    Just need to figure out
    Some shit for myself

    And just because it's obvious doesn't mean it's even true
    Heard it all and I believe that we deserve another point of view

    We can make it if we try
    And if we don't it's gonna still be alright

    'Cause our minds are still alive
    And we can decide why

    Make up your mind make up your own mythology
    Afraid of finding me
    And of defining you

    Take what you want but you won't want it where your at
    I know this for a fact
    Just because it's so true

    The first place my mind goes is where I never want it to
    Like where it hurts the most or all the stupid shit I say and do

    You can make it if you try
    And if you don't it's gonna still be all right

    'Cause our minds are still alive
    And we can even decide what's right

    Telling me thousands of times what's next to want
    Just doing their job but you know that's a dirty job
    Can't stand this game still we're bullied to play along

    When bullies grow up they get meaner
    Yeah they really get it down! oh yeah

    They think that they get it but they always get it wrong
    They'll play your favorite song
    Just to sell shit to you

    I've heard that they'll sell anything and I think they might
    I think Bill Hicks was right
    About what they should do

    And just because you love something doesn't mean it's yours to buy
    Been selling it so long that no one even knows the reason why
    You've been messing with our minds
    Gettin' rich wasting our time Publisher: Rough Trade Publishing
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  • Eric from Rhinelander, WiThe title refers to comedian Bill Hicks routine in which he suggests that anyone in his audience who was in marketing go kill themselves. The lyrics paraphrase this bit, "I heard they'll sell anything and I think they might, I think Bill Hicks was right about what they should do."
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