Timbuk 3’s “Just Another Movie”:
[b]Presidential elections are planned distractions
To divert attention from the action behind the scenes
like a game of chess when the house is a mess
Or a petty money squabble when your marriage is in trouble
Or a football game when there’s rioting in the streets
It’s just another movie, another song and dance
Another poor sucker who never had a chance
It’s just another captain going down with his ship
Just another jerk, taking pride in his work
I was a poor magician; I could never understand
You can’t make tears disappear through sleight of hand
From the bottom of my heart – off the top of my head
Words were pulled like rabbits from a hat but nothing was said
It’s just another movie, another song and dance
Another poor sucker who never had a chance
It’s just another captain going down with his ship
Just another jerk, taking pride in his work
Now my freedom’s bought and paid for – it lights up my living room
I got nothing more to prove; I’ve got no reason to move
And when I’m tired of the program – when it’s taken it’s toll
I can press a button, change the channel by remote control[/b]
Leonard Cohen’s “Who By Fire”:
[b]And who by fire?
Who by water?
Who in the sunshine?
Who in the night time?
Who by high ordeal?
Who by common trial?
Who in your merry merry month of May?
Who by very slow decay?
And who shall I say is calling?
(Who shall I say is calling?)
And who in her lonely slip?
Who by barbiturate?
Who in these realms of love?
Who by something blunt?
Who by avalanche?
Who by powder?
Who for his greed?
Who for his hunger?
And who shall I say is calling?
(Who shall I say is calling?)
And who by brave assent?
Who by accident?
Who in solitude?
Who in this mirror?
Who by his lady’s command?
Who by his own hand?
Who in mortal chains?
Who in power?
And who shall I say is calling?
(Who shall I say is calling?)[/b]