Given the events of this week, this song, one of my all-time favorites, seems wholly appropriate. Here's Pink Floyd singing about the true source of much of the suffering we all go through. The accompanying video is also very powerful...
"Us and Them" by Pink Floyd
Us and them
And after all,
we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows,
it's not what we would choose to do
"Forward!" he cried,
from the rear,
and the front rank died
And the General sat,
as the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows
which is which, and who is who?
Up and down
And in the end,
it's only round and round, and round
"Haven't you heard?
It's a battle of words!"
The poster bearer cried.
"Listen, son,"
said the man with the gun,
"there's room for you inside."
"Well, I mean, they're gonna kill ya, so like, if you give 'em a quick sh...short, sharp shock, they don't do it again.
Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given 'im a thrashin' but I only hit him once.
It's only the difference between right and wrong innit? I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they? Eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped,
but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny
it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way,
it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price
of tea and a slice,
the old man died
And after all,
we're only ordinary men
Me and you
God only knows,
it's not what we would choose to do
"Forward!" he cried,
from the rear,
and the front rank died
And the General sat,
as the lines on the map
moved from side to side
Black and blue
And who knows
which is which, and who is who?
Up and down
And in the end,
it's only round and round, and round
"Haven't you heard?
It's a battle of words!"
The poster bearer cried.
"Listen, son,"
said the man with the gun,
"there's room for you inside."
"Well, I mean, they're gonna kill ya, so like, if you give 'em a quick sh...short, sharp shock, they don't do it again.
Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given 'im a thrashin' but I only hit him once.
It's only the difference between right and wrong innit? I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they? Eh?"
Down and out
It can't be helped,
but there's a lot of it about
With, without
And who'll deny
it's what the fighting's all about?
Out of the way,
it's a busy day
I've got things on my mind
For want of the price
of tea and a slice,
the old man died
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