Written in response to the amount of hysteria that followed the "outbreak" of the swine flu "pandemic" in 2009. It still frustrates me to think about it. I feel our lyrics sum it up nicely. Please check them out.
(We also made shirts about this. "I SURVIVED THE SWINE FLU EPIDEMIC OF 2009 AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT" ...Get it?)
lyrics
Everybody's falling victim to the media's tactics of mongering fear.
With all the attempts to cover it up, it couldn't be more clear.
Pandemic levels one through six,
In reality, don't mean shit.
Their purpose is simply to make you scared.
Fill the human race with a sense of despair.
Nationalized distraction.
Quarantining foreigners, no reaction.
On the grounds that they are from, ground zero,
But no symptoms, and guess who will be the hero.
In comes the fat cats and companies.
Selling us the medicine that they don't need.
It's a transparent ploy to control,
And becuase the public trusts, they'll achieve their goal.
So the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting dead.
Because they don't understand that it's all in their heads.
With the use of MSM like CNN and NBC,
They can project out to the world, not just this side of the sea.
The cure to economic crises,
Is spread paranoia like a disease.
The people who run the news,
Also own pharma companies.
The media is worse than the mafia.
Feed the people pandemic, and watch 'em panic.
Get 'em scared and watch 'em spend,
Everything on anything to prevent an untimely end.
We're surrounded by idiots who don't know,
These hybrid viruses ain't natural.
The media they trust exaggerates,
The impact of the flu their boss creates,
I feel a little guilty for this way I feel,
We believe anything, it's surreal.
Avian, human, and two parts swine?
Maybe it's about fucking time.
When will we spend billions to prevent a small one time event?
When will issues of the world appear less important than the one right here?
When will coporations profitize 'cause we despise our own demise?
When will an entire nation quit asking questions and wait for vaccination?
When will the people and the media who tricked 'em fall victim to a fear-mongering numerical system?
When will people be to scared to hear that 2 million people die from AIDS a year?
When will a little predisposition outshine the 18,000 kids who die a month from malnutrition?
When will I stand idly-by, never wondering why? (And wait to die?)
...When pigs fly
credits
from Six Creations By Donation,
released February 1, 2010
Andrew Hansen - Guitar, Vocals
Christoph "Slut" Leon - Bass, Vocals
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