Switchfoot - "Selling the News" (Audio)

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From Switchfoot's eighth album, "Vice Verses".

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Lyrics (for your iTunes and such):

Welcome to the holy city of silver screen
Built with a lens and a low self-esteem
A teenager's plea for meaning and means
We're selling the news
See, opinions are easier to swallow than facts
The greys instead of the whites and the blacks
If you shoot it too straight they won't come back
We're selling the news
See, money speaks volumes louder than words
Or virtues with wings, maybe not quite at first
But salaries are paid by the ads, not the birds
We're selling the news
See, all men are equal, all is for sale
The powerful dog who's been chasing it's tail
The lowest common denominator prevails
We're selling the news
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
The fact is fiction
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
Suspicion is the new religion
America listens, the story is told
With an eye on the truth as the story unfolds
But the ratings determine if the story was sold
We're selling the news
Begging the question, mongering fears
Stroking the eyes and tickling ears
The truth just seldom just as it appears
We're selling the news
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
The fact is fiction
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
The fact is fiction
I can see your talking heads
On the television set
On the internet they said
That fact is fiction
Suspicion is the new religion
Substance, oh substance - where have you been?
You've been replaced by the masters of spin
Who make good looking books and write history in
We're selling the news
The lines start to blur, I get so confused
I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues
I get binary code mixed up with abuse
The facts are simply one option to choose
Where nothing is sacred, there's nothing to lose
Where nothing is sacred, all is consumed
We're still on the air, it must be the truth
We're selling the news
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
The fact is fiction
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything here's in between
The fact is fiction
The fact is fiction
I want to believe you
I want to believe
But everything I see is greed
The fact is fiction
Suspicion is the new religion

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[Slant47]

0___o WHOA did Jon Foreman just bust a rhyme? haha

[jeffylo94]

There is no greater band!

[Slant47]

@superclaydude oh haha ok thanks superclaydude :)

[superclaydude]

@Slant47 The technical term for it is spoken word, not rap. Similar, but very distinctly different.

[gunrad95]

best song on album in my op

[LoveRiotGirl18]

Loveee this song <3

[13horseaholic]

"The greys instead of the whites and the blacks"

amazing satire!

[Zumbrotawiz2]

Man, I love this song!!!!! Switchfoot, you guys are amazing!!!!!=))

[77arion777]

the best song in the album! :$ *.*

[jhiggins3dg]

this one is definitely a standout on the album :)

[TeeTownVideos]

@allmyfriendsrawesome He wasnt trying to rap, he's just "talking the lyrics" if you know what i mean

[allmyfriendsrawesome]

If he was trying to rap

He did darn good