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Flesh Is To Bone

4 · Oct · 2004

This memo was written while scanning the LA skyline and listening to Faithless.

These thoughts are in appreciation for Jennifer Hamady, and every other musician who knows that artists are more than entertainment.
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Register. Learn. Vote. Be heard.

Flesh is to Bone

The monologue goes on.
Around the globe my friends singing songs.

Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone

It’s a hip pity party
When we’re sittin in a club
Sayin’ we hate the hand that feeds us
And "Where is the love?"
With the power to lead
And a willing crowd
We lay low like criminals
Afraid to speak out

But to surrender who you are
And live without belief
Is trying to run a race
Without any feet
Your silence speaks volumes
Of poison apathy
Your avoidance breeds children
Without reason to believe

All the creative spirits
All you brilliant minds
Lay down your ignorance
Raise a voice to fight

Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone

If I learned anything so far this trip
It’s that you better be careful
What passes your lips
Cause somebody’s listenin'
Looking for their hope
And another is watching
While looking for a rope
Happiness might be a state of mind
But when I give you yours
I think I’m getting mine

If you wanna change a nation
Leave your mark on the map
Be good to the kid
Who sits on your lap

Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone

Forget all my lessons if you don’t get this
The power of the lover
Is louder than the fist
You might be a shaper
Of your own generation
You could be the key
For an imprisoned nation
You get what you pay for
So please participate
If you don’t try to give,
Then how can you take?

Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone

The problem of war and humanity
Lies not with the captive, but those who are free
Our actions, reactions is proof enough of
Who we’ve really become, what we really love
A man who walks away from another in need
Because of his color, location or creed
He’s destined to lose his honor to greed
Like a hopeless addict destroying his seed

Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
Music is to peace as flesh is to bone
Your vote is as good as a live microphone
The monologue goes on.

Penny Rene'

Posted by Penny Rene at 06:30 PM