Funk from Beijing...
http://www.myspace.com/peterweng
(link for the studio version)
....about trying to avoid the feeling of attachment to the city/self-image/achievements/etc and trying to avoid negative influences from mass media/perfectionism/pseudo-environmentalism/etc...
Performed at D-22 in Beijing, on November 25, 2008.
Vocals, Guitar: Peter Weng
Bass: Doug Whitehead
Drums: 'Sustainable John' Romankiewicz
Written by: Peter Weng
Lyrics (can also view in Captions):
Grey skies running over the sound
Horns blaring and lights flashing all around
Sensory overload but I dont see
Total self-absorption, its all about me
Ive got nothing to say but I cant stop talking
On blankets and mats, the vendors keep hawking
Im moving a million miles a minute with nowhere to go
But Ive got to keep running to stay in the show
My mind is cluttered when it should be clear
Desire, angst, and want are coupled with fear
Im all over the place, high and low
Complete attachment, I dont know how to let go
Running around just to get the reward
Too busy to be tired, too tired to be bored
Backlit and highlighted
The rare birds been sighted
Shipwrecks been righted
Buildings unblighted
But were you invited?
Ego towers over the horizon
It gets so bad Ive got to close my eyes and then
Open them again, so I can see
That the sun is shining and Im actually free
I think my icon is a golden calf
That I should tear apart and rend in half
But if I do, I dont know what Ill have left
Will I feel enlightened or just bereft?
At what I have lost, hollow and gaunt
Emptiness is my goal, but is that really what I want?
The doubters are many, in fact theyre the majority
But their values arent mine, not as far as I can see
Got to let it go
Moving pictures hypnotize
Blurring the lines between truth and lies
Deep and shallow
Genuine and fake
If you dont know what to believe, what kind of choices can you make?
So just follow along, get in line
Lay back, and, relax your mind
The camera never stops rolling
The camera never stops rolling or so Ronnie said
But I want to chuck that concept on its head
If its all about image, who needs knowledge?
Then hair cream and smiles are more valuable than college
At the same time a lot of learnings misguided
Not expanding vision just cramming facts in my head
Achievements I questions, theyre less solid than vapor
Diplomas and money are just pieces of paper
Got to let it go
Back to nature
Back to nature is roots, but totally artificial
Were so far from the content, its just the interstitial
The road less traveled is the same as the highway
Intellectual advancement or just moral decay?
Big city madness, small town insanity
Location and mindset, where do you want to be?
Urban idyll and problems of rural sprawl
Cant have everything but you want it all
End up with nothing, but you want it all
Got to let it go
...plus a bit extra, primarily because I just learned how to use video editing software and was probably getting a bit too keen on using edits and transitions...
To view the lyrics on the screen as the video is playing, click on the triangle in the lower right-hand corner of the video viewer and click CC to Turn on Captions (realize the sound quality isn't great so may be easier to read the captions).
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Austin Rollerdiscoby rolaskatah1,000 views
Keep it real dude!
kunanyeong 3 years ago
you rock!
yufennc 3 years ago
damn. you are real!
cleanaileen 3 years ago