Music and Lyrics by Casey Rochefort
You're opting out liberty for oppression
Ruled by enforcement electricity
Take tomorrow for granted while they shock out
SHOCK OUT! Revolution spark!
Take a bigger bite out of crime
Sink your teeth into your own tongue
Kiss your three cents goodbye to see the innocent get hung... uh huh.
People speak their minds making a difference with a vote
Majority is swayed by signs in lawns
Now it's too late to change your mind
That's right, this city needs a revolution
More cops to make you signal when you turn
More cops to eat at goddamn Shari's
Someone to ignore your pleas as you're being followed...
...Or are they the one's following you?
There's a lot to say about this one.
First of all, it's not the original lyrics. The theme is generally the same but originally I was so infuriated at the justice system. I had been hearing stories of people being followed and upon going to the police station with the suspect still within view, the cops decided to pull over a car that didn't use a signal.
There was also the time Erik was woken up to the sound of some guy being tazered like crazy across the street one night. A little over the top I'd say...
But when it all came down to it, I re-wrote the lyrics when Proposition 1 was placed before the citizens of Tacoma. They claimed we needed more police. The lyrics sum up all of my feelings on all of this CRAP.
This song I am now realizing is wrapping up a trilogy of sorts, all within the album. It's all about the horrors of authority and power gone wrong in society. Tracks 9-11 have nothing at all to do with our lives and reality per se. Just scenarios of dystopias.
Lyrically, this is one of my better works. I said things in a less direct way than usual and everything flowed with the rythym in a unique way. "Take a bigger bite out of crime/Sink your teeth into your own tongue" was quite clever I thought.
The unfortunate thing is the album was released a week after voting.
The fortunate thing is people voted it down anyways.
The pathetic thing is my opinion might have only swayed fifteen people.