aidan nolan: No Straight Lines: Heading For The LCD

Lyrics

No Straight Lines

Audio Sample: Heading For The LCD

To avoid any confusion, herein, LCD stands for Lowest Common Denominator and this song is about how, in my opinion, creativity and originality have been rejected and suppressed in recent times in favor of a dumbed down reality to fit corporate, government and institutional demands or desires that are often ill-conceived and do more damage to individual and community than they are worth. Does that make it a protest song?

Heading For The LCD © 1997, aidan nolan

Bright ideas, sure to be a let-down
Doubts and fears, got to make ‘em turn round
Ain’t been done, that’s the theory now days
Till it’s been done, principle of "user-pays"
No preamble, watch for market signs here
Won’t take gambles, got a bottom line here
Make you fit, to the preconception
Till you fit, don’t get past Reception
Holding on, we just keep rolling on
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD

Keep your eye, on the straight & narrow
Keep your mind, dumb and numb and shallow
Don’t say much, words are used to rule you
Look don’t touch, things are there to fool you
Don’t want changes, what could they be good for?
Rearranges, everything we stood for
Einstein, Voltaire, King & Luther
Fade with time, just like all the losers
There’s the square, now just stay over there
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD

Bright ideas, how we try to shake them,
Doubts and fears, got to overtake them,
Life’s debris, got us by the collar
Freedom’s free, don’t you pay a dollar
No one’s lucky, no one gets the breaks here
No one’s stuck in, rules they have to take here
No use talking, not if no one’s listening,
Just start walking, see the future glistening,
Dare to be, defy your destiny,
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD
Heading for the LCD, Heading for the LCD

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