Common Lives in Troubled Times
Album: Common Lives in Troubled Times
By: The Changing Times
By: The Changing Times
Duration
4:23
Genres
Description
We played this song live all the time, but when it came time to record it we wanted to do something more than just a guitar solo. We were talking with some friends to add rap overdubs but scheduals postponed recordings, Robbie decided to write some verses, and so I had to write my own and this is what came out of it. Common... is really our outlook of how the world is currently and what people need to be aware of to help society move forward.
Lyrics
Common lives in troubled times The change passing by is something we can’t rely on When were standing on the left, and pacing right to bet The change passing by is something we can’t rely on Down by the river We were down by the river We’re burning Burning all the papers in the night Smoke is softly turning into life By the river We were down that river We’re burning Burning all the papers in the night Smoke is softly turning into Common lives in troubled times The change passing by is something we can’t rely on When were standing on the left, and pacing right to bet The change passing by is something we can’t rely on Every common life in these troubled times Has a mind capable of changing lives For the ruling class would hold us back With a common purpose To take our freedom And leave us blind with rights once had You gotta use your mind, and what you got inside To take back the power for the people Now look inside your mind And see if you’re inside You should have learned from the past But you ignore it cause you weren’t alive When families decline, from debt that isn’t mine Suffering their pride to hear “next in line” They show where to sign, And if you wouldn’t mind ”Fill up this little cup so we see What you do with your spare time!” Generation Theft, everyone’s in debt Trying to make their way through the days Living off change and saving for the rain Can’t see an end in sight Can hardly see the light Trying to make my way through life and do it right With the short time we’re here, We can never fear And we can never rest Writing common rhymes in these troubled lines Giving some advice of minds With a justified display of signs Hearing compromise, reading between the lines Of ways to despise and realize How we’re all stuck inside Sitting, doing time, reasonably blind Feeling kind of high To what has come inside Memories lie with an unconscious mind Dreams, ambitions, we must survive Sometimes take a step back and look at the past And the good old days, they’ve been a blast They’ll always last, time is passing by so fast We need to enjoy it while it lasts In these times of global unrest Ways we live to get the best Are looked upon and reassessed Without request, they reinvest But, with no intelligence test We got stuck with second best Wishin’ out there for a life vest So we can stay in our bird’s nest And get our blood tests The progressed and their dishonest quest Will render us oppressed
