The Crucified - Mindbender
a nation of millions
of lost little sheep
the mass effects so many
who believe all they see
the media's children
the people of sleep
taught to rest in peace
by the whispers of deceit
led to believe
that they're still free to decide
because the t.v. gave permission
on a program on rights
fed only the candy
the part that they wanna hear
slowly raped though they can only feel
the tickle in their ears
"close your eyes, release your mind."
consider yourselves my very one desire,
consider yourselves my slaves
consider yourselves at my fingertips,
in the palm of my hand, my slave."
to "leave your thinking to me..."
a nation of puppets
who worship a beast
who drinks the blood of their souls
as they lay at its feet
if seeing is believeing
then you can have your t.v. screen
I will worship a God
who allows me to think
This is what I listened to in the early 90's while in high school. I saw The Crucified play at Laguna Beach's Club Post-Nuclear and a few other places in Southern California. That night in Laguna, Scattered Few, Precious Death, and The Crucified played an EPIC show that still remains as one of the best concerts I have been to.
I remember the bands singing "Happy Birthday" to someone in Scattered Few...I remember Precious Death having a television on stage and throwing a guitar into it...I remember hanging out with the bands after the show, mesmerized by the drummer for The Crucified's drum kit, which I thought was a replica of Neil Peart's Tama kit...I remember being slammed around in the mosh pit...
"Mindbender" is a song that my buddies and I used to sing while driving to church in the morning to wake us up. Well, it certainly did.
The last line has always stood out to me: I love the notion that God allows us to think.