Ronald Linn Rivest (born 1947, Schenectady, New York) is a cryptographer. He is the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Computer Science at MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and a member of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). He is a member of the Election Assistance Commission's Technical Guidelines Development Committee, tasked with assisting the EAC in drafting the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.
Rivest is one of the inventors of the RSA algorithm (along with Adi Shamir and Len Adleman). He is the inventor of the symmetric key encryption algorithms RC2, RC4, RC5, and co-inventor of RC6. The "RC" stands for "Rivest Cipher", or alternatively, "Ron's Code". (RC3 was broken at RSA Security during development; similarly, RC1 was never published.) He also authored the MD2, MD4, MD5 and MD6 cryptographic hash functions. In 2006, he published his invention of the ThreeBallot voting system, an innovative voting system that incorporates the ability for the voter to discern that their vote was counted while still protecting their voter privacy. Most importantly, this system does not rely on cryptography at all. Stating "Our democracy is too important", he simultaneously placed ThreeBallot in the public domain.
Claude Blanchard (May 19, 1932 – August 20, 2006) was a Québécois pop singer and actor.
So where do we go from here?
Just about anywhere
Disorientated but alive
Boredom won't get me tonight
Let's bring this city to life - to light - tonight
Let's bring this city to life - to light - tonight
There is no destination
But with a goal in mind
We can all be realistic
And demand the impossible
Let's bring this city to life - to light - tonight
Let's bring this city to life - to light - tonight
Every street is an adventure
And every road becomes a thrill
........
Every turn we take
And every decision that we don't make
Even the decisions we don't make
Will bring us into the secrets of the town
Every corner we turn will lead us
Every corner we turn will lead us down the labryinth
And every desire that we earn
Will guide us, alive, living, loving and searching
And searching
So where do we go from here?
Just about anywhere
Disorientated but alive
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
Another page in a history book
Another lie to justify the lands we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie to forget the lifes we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie to justify the lands we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie
History repeats itself
In another second
Generations of exploitations
And we just don't get it
Burn it - burn this lie down
Burn it - no more enslavement
Burn it - burn this history page
Burn it - just fucking burn it
Human life is still worth less
Than possession of power
And we are slaves of today
Under fascist co-operations
Burn it - burn this lie down
Burn it - no more enslavement
Burn it - burn this history page
Burn it - just fucking burn it
Another page in a history book
Another lie to justify the lands we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie to forget the lifes we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie to justify the lands we took
Another page in a history book
Another lie to forget the lifes we took
Structured to maintain the awareness
And the civilizations we made
The lands we plundered and the cultures we raped
Were all part of progression
The victims of a capitalist system
Just statistics in history books
That glorify mass murders
And the genocides
What has changed and what have we accomplished
In our strive for equality?
Oppression rules and money controls
In a world were war is still
Economically beneficial
For those in power
In a sexist, (racist), homophobic existence
free from myself, my surroundings, my teachers
what have they made of me?
an image of man, I never set out to be
a hollow shell of happiness, the real truth lies inside
I've tried to break this cage, I've really tried
beautiful outside, and ugly inside
or is it the other way around?
a reflection of rejection I will not not play your game
your definition of beauty is just too insane.
Try to break free, from what captures me
my bag of tricks is far from empty
don't bust my chops, don't try and tempt me
cause I will stick the truth in your face, there's only one race
the human race, propagandic ways and abuse, set to separate
bad confuse, for 500 years the barriers been there
and they're not moving anywhere
who the fuck are we to separate, and support their actions of hate.
Knowledge is the key to unlock the mind
The imperialistic system that invented prejudice and disbelief
they still benefits from it, they still do as they please
inject us with reasons, of contemplation an dissatisfaction
to assure that we remain sedated to their segregative actions
in our years of existence, has our modern society
gotten any closer to equality?
where people openly are being oppressed
Chain down the pain
abstinence remains to hold me down, in a tone of desperation
its never gonna be the same, it might have been me
so caught up in ego supremacy
cut lose the wires of connection, put it to an end
Reach on to higher levels, if I could try and find a way
I will not be pushed aside
Where there's darkness there's light, and I thirst for more right now
I'm looking for redemption, and the truth inside these walls
What's left in the distance, but my thoughts of fire?
my spiritual edge of guidance, will lead the way
I will not be pushed aside
You knew what I was gonna say
When I didn't
I did anyway
And it seems
I'll survive with selfrespect intact
And you??
Every freedom needs a trust
This trust will kill again for you
And someone else won't believe their eyes
While a thousand will believe that it's true
This trust will kill again for you
Through tales of objectivity you shake my hands
All that objectivity could break them both
Whatever I say, context aside, you got what you need
Make sure I say what they want to read
Every freedom needs a trust
This trust will kill again for you
And someone else won't believe their eyes
While a thousand will believe that it's true
This trust will kill again for you
It won't happen again
I'll survive with selfrespect intact
They're telling me that I should have known better
Well, now I know
Now I know
And now I know
Yeah!
All that objectivity
Nothing
All that objectivity
Turn
Hail to the deafening
Life
For ego reasoning
Consumer of selfishness, feel it bleed
Death traditions feeds the suffering
Acquire by-products, breed the industry
Modern death camps, feel their suffering
Soul
Destroyer
Never question consequence
Pain
Won't end
So we gag our sense
Kill the conscience, lies over lives
Kill the conscious, lies over lives
Consumer of selfishness, feel it bleed
Death traditions feeds the suffering
Acquire by-products, breed the industry
Modern death camps, feel... their suffering
Their pain
Won't end
Their pain
Won't end
With blood in my eyes
I won't see the light shine
With blood in my eyes
I won't see the light shine
With blood in your eyes
This union that made us powerless is talking over our heads
Claiming prosperity in a downward spiral plan
Stuck by the deadly rhythm of the production line
Stuck by the deadly rhythm of the production line
This power that made us unionless is taking out of our hands
Cheapest labour at our expensive cost, auctioned our lives away
Stuck by the deadly rhythm of the production line
Stuck by the deadly rhythm of the production line
We consume our lives like we are thankful
For what we are being forced into
Is it our duty to die for governments & for gods?
Is it our privilege to slave for market & for industry?
Is it our right to follow laws, set to scare and to oppress?
Is it a gift to stay in line and will it take away the blame?
Can no longer pay the price. We'll get organized!
We'll no longer believe working for you will set us free!
Can no longer pay the price. We'll get organized!
Petrol bombs & barricades
Anything to have our say
Consequence of no choice at all
Empires rise & empires fall
Now it's time to flip some coins
And it's time to turn some tables
(Cos if we have the vision I know that we are able
Suck on my words for a while, choke in the truth of a million dead
There is no prestige in your title, we are after your head
The destruction of everything is the beginning of something new
Your new wold is on fire and soon you'll be (too)
Sabotage will set us free
Throw a rock in the machine
Sabotage will set us free
Throw a rock in the machine
Throw a rock in the machine
An ideological system, constructed to guarantee
that the public remains passive, uneducated, in apathy
That the crimes committed, they just pass us by
As the state continues to fill us with lies
Face the flag, in the land of hypocrisy
free to conquer, free to rape, free to kill, free to take
free to do whatever's in your will
how many actions, in the name of democracy?
when we don't even know, who's our enemy
survival of the filtest, blend with superiority
so many untold stories, can't spell credibility
How many lies in the name of:
Freedom, Peace, Progress, Democracy?
Tolerance is acceptance
The game is over
Damage is done
Fuck you for
Playing along
Break through the surface
Only to suffocate
Beating it into me - Beating it into me
Burn witches as found
But not this time
Culture aquires love design
Culture aquires love design
This people culture aquires love design
This culture
Left naked with nothing but ourselves and contempt for what we're not supposed to be,
not supposed to feel, not supposed to see.
I will embrace you
I will embrace you
We're all beautiful
We're all beautiful
Culture aquires love design
Culture aquires love design
This people culture aquires love design
Culture
We all return
Confrontation cuts
In the closet
Can't get up
We all return
We all return
We all return
Another definition to keep control
With assorted names we know where to belong
Another definition to keep control
Rather be dead than alive by your oppression
Rather be dead than alive by your design
Poisoned my fingers
Burned out my eyes
Cut down my throat
To be alive
Rather be dead than alive by your social values
Rather be dead than alive by your tradition
Poisoned my fingers
Burned out my eyes
Cut down my throat
To be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Rather be
Rather be alive
Rather be alive
Poisoned my fingers
Burned out my eyes
This is the pulse - This is the sound. This is the beat of a new generation. This is the movement - This is the rhythm.
This is the noise of revolution. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Refused paty programme
Refused paty programme
Refused paty programme
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I breathe in & I, I create
Rewoke the spirit '68
Fresh meaning to torn ideas
Let's bring life to old clich©s
Punch a hole in tradition, yeah!
Let's listen to the songs of discontent
To the chords & the movement
To the chords & the movement
It could all be so simple
We would all stand baffled by the precision & accuracy
Our jaws would hurt from dropping so hard, fast & unexpectedly
It would be the perfect metaphor
Be the perfect song we'd be singing
I breathe out & I scream
Rewoke Malatesta's dream
Inspiration from the past
Focus to the future at last
Fixed dogmas can't substitute
Creative thought & action
It could be dangerous
Art as a real threat
All it is it words
Words said a million time before
All it is is a song
A song sung a million times before
I breathe in, I create
Rewoke the spirit '68
I breathe out, I scream
I try to write every line with perfection
Scarred to constantly remember the violence
The wound you put me through
It never meant the pain to you
Weak one shall continue as weak one
And when it hurts it wont be the last time
Clouded thoughts make it harder to fly
Your pornographic dream is a lie
This pretty face
This pretty face
This pretty face
Suppose I could oppose the role that you set for me
The object you tried to make of me
But this time I will just close my eyes
Bite my lips and try not to cry
Point that gun at your own head
Kill this male ego dead
Constantly fueled, constantly fed
Watch this beautiful skin turn red
This pretty face
This pretty face
This pretty face
Your constant abuse
Your constant comments
Your constant date rapes
And constant drive
Your constant abuse
Your constant comments
Your constant date rapes
And constant drive
Shut your mouth, this is the age of freedom!?
gagged masses, who are the ones that lead us?
disregarded system, and it's set up by who?
uses so many, but it benefits so few
with our silence we vote for continuation
with our silence we bow down to oppression
we try to deny, that we still have a choice
but I will bite, the hand that tries to feed us
promises of salvation, golden dreams to assure apathy
with our silence we vote for continuation
with our silence we bow down to oppression
But will we remain content?, will we remain silent and happy?
Bottled up inside- angst ridden
The pain strikes - scars badly hidden
Effect of love - easy to see
just a normal kid - just like you and me
feels unclean - undeserved
Wipe away the tears - unheard
How much pain can you put me through?
How much pain?
Left in anger - and shame
No witness - just pain
Hatred boils - but there's still love
this hurts - and who's to blame?
Why did it happen - undeserved
Close your eyes - unheard
What did you get?
Love, pain
I won't remain silent
Is there a single thing
That'd make you comprehend
As long as we shut up
We still sanction them?
My silence will convict me
My silence will convict me
My silence will convict me
As the parade continues
On every bloodstained flag
We sum up statistics
Still buried in the sand
My silence will convict me
My silence will convict me
My silence will convict me
With our silence
We vote for
Continuation
With our silence
We vote for
It's gone the safest escape, no trace of recognition
I spot some fragments, but its to distant
I feel it burning close, there's no difference
afraid to let you inside, but it's just to persistent
When I inhale to scream, I feel no strength in my body
I feel numb and weak, I've lost again
Sometimes I'm afraid to try and sometimes try is all I can do
Afraid to connect, to reach joy
what was the lowest price that I could possibly pay
I shudder to reflect on it, I try to let it fade
its coming on again, too strong to deny, breathe and make another try
How do we define strength to carry on
The bait. The prey. The mice. Debate the method of demise.
Debate your high. I'll lie beside you, walk you down and lay the beat beneath
your bed. Beneath the dead.Debate the method in your head.
The chemical misanthropy saving you from blame.
I'll stand below you, lift you up, increase the pain. I want to see you, hear your
voice regret the choice. Rejoice in watching you collapse, destroy
the map and fall headlong into the gap.
Swallow poison, swallow the bait.
Swallow every word said to free you from blame.
I'll stand below you , lift you up, increase the pain.
The hunter dying in his trap. Swallow poison, swallow the
bait. Hook, line and sinker.
A fashion, a trend, that's what it meant to you
The ideals, the thought, they never got to you
Search for acceptance to fit the crowd
To think for yourself is not allowed
Take the easy way to be accepted
I'll rather be myself and be rejected
I won't sell out to your stupid trends
True to myself until the end
Fashion manners, they're not for me
As you are now I'll never be
Mainstream going, changing face
If I'm not like you am I outta place?
I know my convictions and where I stand
I guess I got the upper hand
A phony, a sellout, that's what you are
Claim it's hardcore, no it's not by far
What's wrong with thinking for oneself
Everyone's got their stories
Everyone's got their view
Distorted visions
Of what they call truth
Everyone's got their stories
Why don't you tell me one?
You've talked for two hours now
And you've just begun
Why don't you tell me a story
That I wanna hear?
Everyone's got their stories
Everyone's got their views
C'mon let me hear it
Let me hear the latest news
Everyone's got their stories
And it's never the same
'Cause it's always getting better
Never getting lame
Listen man, what I've just heard
I exaggerated and now it's twice as cool
I contribute my part of the story
Of course it happened, I ain't no fool
But as the truth corrodes and slowly dies
You are building yourself a world of lies
And all that is left is just empty fudge
I took the first bus out of Coca-Cola city
It made me feel all nauseous & shitty
I took the first bus out of Shell town
Cos they didn't want me all hanging around
Yeah! Yeah! I took the first bus
Yeah, baby! I took the first bus
I took the first bus out of Coca-Cola city
It made me feel all nauseous & shitty
I took the first bus out of Shell town
Cos they didn't want me all hanging around
Yeah! Yeah! I took the first bus
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's take the first bus out of here
Let's go!
As the smoke settles in the middle east
USA with no intention to make peace
keeping Americas public in dark
just feeding them with reasons to light the spark of hate
the tradition goes way back, to the first capitalistic attack
an area that for the last 200 years has shown a great example
of our system to fear
Unprovoked Iraqi actions
where just a threat to OPEC's intentions
economical wars in the sign of democracy, shows political agendas of hypocrisy
bush administration oil conventions, time again for the bell of information
Cause the media didn't have the right to cover, the civilians killed
and our own losses
playing world police to withhold, the integrity of the American dream
Staying up planning the downfall of your corrupted system
What plot will I figure out, what thoughts will I pen down?
I will have my coup d'etat
I will start a riot
I will hold your burning flag in my hand
Sitting up all night planning
Revolution with a catchy phrase
Shitty band with an awesome plan
Punk crusade throughout the land
Sick of silence, passive masses
Educate, resist & take control
To live a life in fear of changing
Is to not live at all
I will have my coup d'etat
I will start a riot
I'll hold your burning flag
In my hand
I'll watch your empire fall
I'll watch your empire fall
I will watch
Your empire fall
I will not die for you
I will not kill for you
I will not fight for you
I will not die for you
I will not kill for you
I will not fight for you
I will hold your burning flag in my hand
As I watch your empire fall
Because I know it will
Because I know it will
I will have my coup d'etat
I will have my coup d'etat
I will have my coup d'etat
Lust and flickering as the needle pierces trough
Flickering, twitching as the drug gets to you
Screaming, kicking as the pain emerges
Shattered and broken, such as deadly curse
In your hunt to find happiness and peace of mind
To get away from your mistakes, no matter what it takes
Waiting, hoping as I look down on you
Praying, crying that you will make it through
Fading and dying and don't know what to do
Hey man, I didn't even know you
Another one to die without a reason why
Why can't we ever learn? Soon it might be your turn
It's not easy just to quit, we all got to be a part of it
From my side it isn't fair
All the stories circling around
All the same, too late now
And you did it all just for fun
Can't take a joke or crack a smile
When I'm talkin' with you?
I'm not that stupid or not that proud
That fun can't be allowed
But when you lie and fuck things up
Just to prove that you are tough
I find it hard just to brush it off
Enough is enough
I can't see the fun from your point of view
That shit was concerning me too
Are you stupid and self content
That you didn't think about what it meant?
Spreading fucking rumors and bad mouthing me
You just couldn't let it be
I still try hard to brush it off
How does it feel to burn? Drowning in self pity, convulsing in self hate. All your life's revolving around your fate. Lost and confused. Who to believe? Commercial gods shows us the way to be. You've got it all but what do you really gain? Just mindless consumption to numb your brain. You've got it all but what have you really got? Just obsessive thoughts that will make your brain rot. Time, time, time passes by as you live your life in those foolish lies. Try to find happiness in eating, watching, buying. While time is ticking and flying. I said time passes by while as in quicksand you keep sinking down. In your search for joy you can no longer hide cause happiness is just happiness when you are happy inside. How does it feel to burn? A materialistic world, a world based on greed. Were personal pleasure are decided by others need. Feed from the start the ideal life to get. You're trying so hard but you ain't found nothing yet. We all need a fluid to keep us warm inside but we don't need those things to hide behind. Happiness is an emotion, it's not an object. But you're too insecure to face the fact. How does it fell to:
Blind leading blind. Of course they will not find any reason why to give it a try. I can't be the only one who has learned to see. Or am I the stupid one alone and naive? And therefore I try: To be myself with honesty - To live my life poisonfree. To be the best that I can be - To keep an open mind so that I can see. Running towards the edge, of course you will fall. That's the way it goes when you don't look at all. I know I'm not stupid or at least I don't think so, I always try to look ahead on the path I walk. With my open eyes I see a difference between illusion and reality. We seen the total stupidity in mankind and sometimes I wish that I was blind.
Simple solution rejected for a change of views I'm just evolving - I'm not better than you I've changed you said I said: it's sad you don't accept the things that I believe it will bleed cause I still feel I've changed you said I said: it's sad too bad you didn?t see the other side of me loosing you it really hurted me i?m not superior - i?m just a human being so loosing you it really hurted me cause you didn?t take the time to see
From here to the cemetary, from here to the grave
How many did your democracy save?
Clean slate, state oppression and yeah!
Once again, like a thousand times before
A thousand victims more
Take aim at the have-nots as always
Once again the freedom's being bought at the expense of truth
From here to the cemetary, from here to the grave
How many did your democracy save?
Your beautiful world is dead
It will die a thousand times
Your beautiful world is dead
I will watch it expire
Your beautiful world is dead
It's time to kill this lie
Your beautiful world is dead
It died a thousand times
Bloodred, pitch black, yeah!
Tired of being expendable in their community
And while you swallow every image they present
I got a bone to pick with capitalism and a few to break
Grab us by the throat and shake the life away
Human life is not commodity, figures, statistics or make believe
And yeah, I like eating excrement, not getting paid for it
Play the guilt, play the fear & play the anxiety
And yeah, I like eating excrement, not getting paid for it
Play the guilt, play the fear & play the anxiety
Seduced by the opportunity and robbed of hope
Alien nation is not commodity, figures, statistics or make believe
Yeah!
One more time. Oh!
Marginalise away the joy and sell us boredom
And yeah, I like working doing nothing, not making anything
Blame the poor, blame the uneducated & blame the sick
And yeah, I like working doing nothing, not making anything
Blame the poor, blame the uneducated & blame the sick
Look at the differences we've created
Marked, branded thought to be hated
Biological differences can't imply violence
But mindless and indoctrination can
Values maintained and held through time
Force fed upon our weak minds
Yesterday's segregation is still a truth
Equal values, no way
You say that thing are different -
No, no it's still the same
You say that thing are different -
Some things dont ever fucking change
Some say we have an equal society
No, no it's not the way I see
When people are oppressed for their sexuality
And AIDS is still a "gay" disease
When women don't have the right to choose
Cause it's against church morality
Then how can we say
How can we claim
That we have equality?
You say that thing are different -
No, no it's still the same
You say that thing are different -
Some things dont ever fucking change
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Where's equality?
Magic people, voodoo people
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people
Voodoo, the voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people
The voodoo, the voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people
The voodoo, who do, what you don't dare do people
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people
Magic people, magic people, voodoo people, magic people
This is the pulse, this is the sound
This is the beat of a new generation
This is the movement, this is the rhythm
This is the noise of revolution
Yeah! Yeah! Arrrrh!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Refused party programme
Refused party programme
Refused party programme
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
The real revolution starts within
The real revolution starts within
Locked down and caged our lives directed
We just can't ignore the real reasons
We are just as much to blame as anyone else
Silent in apathy we won't make a difference
How can we say
That we are not a part of the problem
We are not a part of the problem
That's not true
How can we say
That we are not a part of the problem
We are not a part of the problem
Stereotype values and intoxication
Won't bring about change
There's a reason for the rejection
I feel it in my range
A protest to insufficiency
A purpose to save and heal
A balance to recover
The distorded picture
How can we say
That we are not a part of the problem
We are not a part of the problem
That's not true
How can we say
That we are not a part of the problem
We are not a part of the problem
Words mean nothing
Action is what counts
And when it comes down to it
Don't count me out
Words mean nothing
Action is what counts
And when it comes down to action
So where do we go from here?
Just about anywhere
Disorientated but alive
Boredom won't get me tonight
Let's bring this city to life, to light - tonight
Let's bring this city to life, tonight - to light
There is no destination
But with a goal in mind
We can all be realistic
Demand the impossible
Let's bring this city to life - to light, tonight
Let's bring this city to life - tonight
Every street is an adventure and every road becomes a trip.
Every turn we take and every decision we don't make,
even the decision we don't make, will bring us into the secrets of their town.
Every corner we turn will lead us, every corner we turn will lead us down the labyrinths,
and every desire that we earn will guide us alive, living, loving & searching.
So where do we go from here?
Just about anywhere
Disorientated but alive
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
Boredom won't get me tonight
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
How come your symbols of pride to me ain't worth nothing?
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
How come your symbols of pride to me ain't worth nothing?
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
How come your symbols of pride to me ain't worth nothing?
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
How come your symbols of pride to me ain't worth nothing?
What better way to oppress us than to make us safe
To make us node in approval to the system we created
Our freedom, our bill of right, just assurance to make us abide
To make us serve their purposes and to serve our time
But I will destroy a system that's build on greed
I will destroy tradition that makes us bleed
I will shut down the power of all those who have lied to me
I will defy their image of what they want me to be
But I will destroy a system that's build on greed
I will destroy tradition that makes us bleed
I will shut down the power of all those who have lied to me
I will defy their image of what they expect me to be
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
How come your symbols of pride to me ain't worth nothing?
How come your symbols of freedom only restrict?
The weight of my words is not enough to
Make up for the words I didn't say
I'm sorry, I didn't want to close the door
Just afraid to suffocate inside these arms, I find comfort
I will try not to break another mirror
'Cause that would mean I would only break myself
This body where has it taken, forsaken me
Forsaken me, let me be
My eyes never felt this sore
If only had I known more
Self centered, myself to blame
Death is fucking you insane
A selfish boy with fear doubts afraid to let it inside
I promise myself that I won't break it another time
No question asked, just answers taken
My guilt, my thoughts, my mind were whose to judge?
I think I need to breathe to let the door be open
But the only one who is choking me is myself
Why can't I see that you are the sun, the rain, the fuel
I need inside, why can't I see? I'll try
I won't listen, I'll cry, Sunflower Princess
I won't listen, I'll cry, Sunflower Princess
I won't listen, I'll cry, Sunflower Princess
I won't listen, I'll cry, Sunflower Princess
I'm tired of losing myself to some stupid childhood dream of what I could have been
Money proves the point and I'm stuck between summer holidays & punk routine
I shoot off a 100 things to remain more sorry than safe, you see
I only get this fucking chance once and I just can't let it be
Well, I'm still certain that what motivates me is more rewarding than any piece of paper could be
Well adjusted & corrupt, all those icons that stole our teenage lust
A scenario of simplicity, a scenario of you and me
A scenario of simplicity, a scenario of you and me
Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered - remembered - for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered - remembered - for giving in
We're all tired of dying, so sick of not trying
Scared that we might fail, we'll accomplish nothing
We're all tired of dying, so sick of not trying
Scared that we might fail, we'll accomplish nothing
Not even failure
Not even failure
Not even failure
Not even failure
Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered - remembered - for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered for giving in
Rather be forgotten than remembered - remembered - for giving in
Giving in
Giving in
a complex structure, a full circle of hate. the victory was already there
but now its too late, a harmony to achieve, in the simplest of ways
torn to shreds inside, determent to lose that fate
strength and determination, what's there to gain
an insight of inside, an attitude that will remain
a habit of standing, on a solid foundation, a reason, to carry on, is what is found
we only use the useless, then we forget
Beyond ability & control we could be weekend lovers
Steal a sentence and make a catch phrase parole for our revolution
Whispered all across the street about the, about the new cool call
Or screamed at your face like a scabs payroll
Faces like angels, licking our fingertips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
With battered bodies & puckered lips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud & fashionable ways
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud & fashionable ways
Faces like angels, licking our fingertips
We don't have the patience to deal with it
With battered bodies & puckered lips
We don't have the patience to deal with it. Yeah!
Get down, get down. Can I get a witness? Oh!
This I gotta see
Bring it in! Bring it in! Bring it in!
One more time for me. Yeah!
Gotta get away from this town
Bring it in! Bring it in! Bring it in!
One more time for me. Go!
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience
We don't have the patience.
Yeah!
Get down
Listen to him
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud & fashionable ways
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud & fashionable ways
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We express ourselves in loud & fashionable ways
A naive young secret for the new romantics
We had our times, we had our fun
We had a friendship that couldn't be undone
In those times we had a goal
Working together with straight and positive souls
We were like one, yeah you and me
As close as friend could ever be
But times do change and so did you
And there wasn't a thing that I could do
Watched it all fade away
I guess, I'm happy it's gone this way
I could have struggled
But what would have been the use?
Now I'm back and I'm re-fused
I don't get it, I'll never see
Was your change natural or was it just in me?
'Cause when I see you, you walk right by
Without noticing me or saying "Hi"
You're so cool, you've got your friends
I guess that's where our friendship ends
I've seen your bullshit, it makes me strong
genocide on genocide - destroyed knowledge crushed pride
lost culture to civilization - reduced abused beyond dignity
contemplation exploitation - ring the bell of information
blocked the truth convincing, controlling - held us down unthinking, unknowing
oppressed so many for so long - we've ignored the facts, and moved along
we gotta pump the brakes
wasting resources, face some facts and detect the causes - cause our progression equals
destruction, people getting killed by government corruption
cause making most of the land, that's the plan, you gotta understand
that 50 years down the line, there wont be no time, the time is now.
drained so much for so long - we've ignored the costs and moved along
time to pump the brakes
Pacifying, uneducating - what did you learn on TV today network and media controlling the masses feeding us lies made up to be true by abuse use reality can be twisted into the reality that fits us today cause we never doubt the genvinety of the things they told us we follow their rules as hypnotized fools no questions asked but the answers are all given and who sets the rule - who sets the rules it serves us ideals fashion and prejudice what better way to learn about life glamorizing death but hiding the real facts just shows the truth and its worth for us to see through their eyes but we can see so much more then their selective subjective flow of information we never questioned - the integrity of their faces - the intention behind - the stories told to us cause we just follow blind
Scrap the extras - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Cut out the spareparts - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Keep our eyes wide open
Fuck the idol - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Reject the star - Star, star, star
Let's feed ourselves some - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Destruction
Convention blackmails - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Creativity - Yeah! Yeah!
This lack of challange - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Kills me, kills me, kills me, kills me
Scrap the extras - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Cut out the spareparts
Fuck the idol, idol - Let's keep our eyes wide open
Reject the star
The rhymes of revolution
Poetry written in gasoline
The rhymes of revolution
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Manipulate the obvious
Cowards bought by traditionalist manners
Scream at the herd that are heard the most
Without substance and with useless... banners
Banners, banners, banners
Your art, your art, is worth, is worth nothing
Like a city with no meaning
Like a city, with no meaning, with no meaning
Your creation holds, holds no hope
The rhymes of revolution
Yeah! Yeah!
The rhymes of revolution
Poetry written in gasoline
Poetry written in gasoline
Poetry written in gasoline
Ah! Yeah!
Somewhere along the line we lost
Individuality paid the cost
Close enough to inhale the security
It's always
Too far away
Breed upon
Culture sickness
Made this rule
Into our own
Silently sedated
Minds fly out the window
Our emotions suffocate
Suppress the essence of...
Beautiful independent friday night dress
Wash away the fear & insecurity
Substitute kills the freedom
Cut the wounds
Wide open
A glimpse caught the sense
Now you're content's slowly fading
Familiar escape
Alternative to nothing
Familiar escape
Alternative to nothing
Silently sedated
Minds fly out the window
Our emotions suffocate
Suppress the essence of - living
Reminded to die
Life support addiction
Watch your love
Slip through your hands
Silently sedated
Minds fly out the window
Our emotions suffocate
With my face smashed against the concrete
I kinda find it hard to speak
The inevitable freedom of oppression
And I stay down
Kneel down to our masters
That left us to die
We'll get our taste of freedom
Licking the pavement clean
Obey the truth or suffer the consequence
Smilling face with teeth kicked in
We nod and we move along
We nod as we sing along
Kneel down to our gods
That left us to die
We'll get our taste of freedom
Licking the pavement clean
Give praise to our opportunities
Give thanx with our hands tied
We laugh when patted on the back
And then we died
And I still believe every word - And all the great heroes
And I still believe every word - And all the grand promises
And I still believe every word - And all the stunning progress
And I still believe every word - And still I stay down
I have nothing
So I get my head kicked in
Won't make a sound
It's coming through the air
For all of us to hear
Could it be the sounds of liberation
Or just the image of detention?
We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want airtime
We want all the time all of the time
We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want transmission
We want...
What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency will liberation be?
It's coming through the air
For all of us to hear
Could it be the sounds of liberation
Or just the image of detention?
Control my flower
Business, news all ready to devour
Who's in charge and what does he say?
Is he playing the alternative or does it sound the same old way?
We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We want transmission for the people (by the people)
We mean...
We wanted everything
We needed everything
We needed everything
What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency? What frequency?
What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency? What frequency? What frequency?
We want the airwaves back
We want the airwaves back
We don't just want airtime
We want all the time all of the time
What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet music?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency will liberation be?
What frequency are you getting?
Is it noise or sweet sweet sweet?
What frequency will liberation be?
[by Tomas Di Leva and Refused]
Djuren, djuren är människor. Katter är manniskor. Hundar är människor.
Hästar, hästar är människor. Apor är människor. Kossor är människor.
Och människor ska vara vänner, det finns inga "dom" bara "vi". Det finns något vackert i allt som föds.
Jag äter inte mina vänner för dom är en del av mig -
Som jag kan leva med och växa med i all evighet.
Tanken, tanken är människor. Fåglar är människor. Elefanter är människor.
Råttor, råttor är människor. Ormar är människor. Lammet är människa.
Och lammet ska leka med hajar när freden blir mer än ett ord. Det du äter ska döma din själ.
Jag äter inte mina vänner för dom är en del av mig -
Som jag kan leva med och växa med i all evighet.
Hur kan vi vara fridfulla nar vi skapar sån misär.
Hur kan vi vara kärleksfulla när vi kärleken förtär.
Låt vara nu. Låt sanningen vara du...
Jag äter inte mina vänner för dom är en del av mig -