Soldier's Poem
By Muse
Throw it all away
Let's lose ourselves
'Cause there's no one left for us to blame
It's a shame we're all dying
And do you think you deserve your freedom
How could you send us so far away from home
When you know damn well that this is wrong
I would still lay down my life for you
And do you think you deserve your freedom
No I don't think you do
There's no justice in the world
There's no justice in the world
And there never was
Since the song's so short, I thought I'd just post it here for reference. The text doesn't really capture the feeling though, because on the CD it's sung like in a barbershop quartet.. except there's only three bandmembers. But anyway, anyway..
I first heard this song in eighth grade, when I had to write a speech about something political. The entire time I was supposed to be writing, I fantasized about just reading the poem in front of the class, completely convinced that Mr. Jacobs would never find out. Long before the due date, I had frightened myself out of the idea, and I had nothing to present. In a split second I decided to just wing it and I'd like to say it went well. I failed the assignment, but to me, this one song seemed more important than any of the standards I had failed to learn in his class.
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Ugh! I really did not like Mr. Jacobs. So are you saying that you did end up reading it to the class?
ummmmm, and, by the way, not all pop is bad, There is some truly good powerpop out there. The Rocket Summer, for example, are really good (in my opinion).
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