Everybody to Safety - A Modest Proposal (acoustic)

A song for the 99%.

Lyrics:
Maybe if I just jump, this shit will go away and I can rest.
This hollow heart, Armani suit and tie have all failed to impress.
While down below, the masses spill over the barricades.
I can hear their voices, sharp as razor blades.
Waking up from the American Dream,
I peer over the edge and I hear them scream:

Jump, you fuckers!
You watch us from an ivory tower we broke our backs to build.
Jump, you fuckers!
Ask us to tighten our belts so you can keep your bellies filled, but there's no golden parachute that's going to save you this time.

Headlines say we have to cut the non-essentials from our lives, but this attempt to trim the fat - "blame-the-victim" in disguise.
'Cause we're trading classrooms for jail cells, and empty condo ghost hotels cry out, "No one should call tent cities home."

Jump, you fuckers!
You watch us from an ivory tower we broke our backs to build.
Jump, you fuckers!
Ask us to tighten our belts so you can keep your bellies filled, but there's no golden parachute that's going to save you this time.

The media blackout is not a threat, cause the whole world is watching on the internet.
Well you can't use pepper spray to guard against dissent, and you will never kill what the action represents...

And as I place my bare feet on the ledge, hot wind hits my face, but no tear will I shed for a dying empire, crumbling in our wake.
You've got nothing to lose but your chains, you have a world to gain.

As I fall, I raise a fist to better days.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• everybodytosafety
• everybody to safety
• guitar
• acoustic
• original
• song
• seattle
• music
• singer
• singer/songwriter
• occupy
• occupy wall street
• occupy seattle
• 99%
• indie
• folk
• punk

[theartofscreaming]

Way to go Iris. Your songs need to be out there. People want to hear what you have to say.

[EverybodyToSafety]

@theartofscreaming Thanks so much Sue! I look forward to expanding and exploring my voice and finding more confidence, with your guidance. :)

[pewerjenius]

Just kidding. Song rocks. Hella Catchy. Need a bassist?

[EverybodyToSafety]

@pewerjenius Thanks so much!! I really appreciate it. I hope to need a bassist not too far in the future, hehe. If you're in Seattle, you should find me on Facebook!

[pewerjenius]

Punk as fuck. Marry me.

[EverybodyToSafety]

@pewerjenius Hahaha. You had me at "fuck". :D

[EverybodyToSafety]

@deliciouscakex Wow, thank you SO much! You just made my day! Why isn't there a people's fist emoticon? (Whoops, responded with the wrong account initially).