Is This the Life We Really Want
Roger Waters new record came out in full on Friday.
The former lead man of Pink Floyd put out new music for the first time since 1994.
I knew a lot about it before it hit my phone.
It would be great! It would be political in nature, and it would be thought-provoking.
It's all very good. I spent part of Friday night going through the lyrics, and the title track is called:
"Is This the Life We Really Want?"
On Saturday night the terrorist attack in London loudly answered that question.
London Bridge.
I thought of the song I learned as a child.
I certainly wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
Like many others I felt powerless.
How do we stop people who are bent on causing death?
They drive vehicles into people
They burst into places and stab people who are out socializing.
The attackers are dead.
There are more right behind them.
The London deaths dominated the news, but there were domestic murders in every city of America on Saturday night.
People losing their lives to whites, blacks, browns, infidels and religious zealots.
Just flat-out destruction.
Of course it's not what any of us want.
It's funny, but often times I'll see the news come across and I'll announce:
"Did you hear about London?"
"No," Kathy will say.
I'll tell her and she'll shake her head...
...not really interested in hearing about it, at all.
"Nothing I can do about it," she'll say. "Why should I bring it into my world and make myself miserable?"
And that's about it, I suppose.
Roger Waters is always very descriptive in his writing. He'll sing something so innocent such as:
"Deja Vu, the sun goes down, and I'm still missing you."
Just 11 words that hit you and paint you a picture.
Very often he intermingles what we can and can't do in terms of living a happy life.
We can all choose the life we really want to live.
Terrorism can invade your heart if you let it.
Don't.
The former lead man of Pink Floyd put out new music for the first time since 1994.
I knew a lot about it before it hit my phone.
It would be great! It would be political in nature, and it would be thought-provoking.
It's all very good. I spent part of Friday night going through the lyrics, and the title track is called:
"Is This the Life We Really Want?"
On Saturday night the terrorist attack in London loudly answered that question.
London Bridge.
I thought of the song I learned as a child.
I certainly wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.
Like many others I felt powerless.
How do we stop people who are bent on causing death?
They drive vehicles into people
They burst into places and stab people who are out socializing.
The attackers are dead.
There are more right behind them.
The London deaths dominated the news, but there were domestic murders in every city of America on Saturday night.
People losing their lives to whites, blacks, browns, infidels and religious zealots.
Just flat-out destruction.
Of course it's not what any of us want.
It's funny, but often times I'll see the news come across and I'll announce:
"Did you hear about London?"
"No," Kathy will say.
I'll tell her and she'll shake her head...
...not really interested in hearing about it, at all.
"Nothing I can do about it," she'll say. "Why should I bring it into my world and make myself miserable?"
And that's about it, I suppose.
Roger Waters is always very descriptive in his writing. He'll sing something so innocent such as:
"Deja Vu, the sun goes down, and I'm still missing you."
Just 11 words that hit you and paint you a picture.
Very often he intermingles what we can and can't do in terms of living a happy life.
We can all choose the life we really want to live.
Terrorism can invade your heart if you let it.
Don't.
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