It's a love song to the self, a story recapped every day,
It's a world of bogus feelings and a world of slow decay,
It's a world of laughter hidden by this world of fear and torment,
It's a game of strange compulsion, our visceral convulsion:
Anxiety for love of life, anxiety for pain,
Anxiety, a feeling that you know you can't contain.
Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man.
Foundation of society, anxiety. Suppress it if you can.
The caste of coffee achievers didn't perform like they planned.
The morning rush hour traffic is our play of false elan.
So run around your frantic track and lay you down to sleep;
Tomorrow's the redemption, we strive for that exception.
Anxiety for love of life, anxiety for pain,
Anxiety, a fear that you have nothing more to gain.
Anxiety destroys us but it drives the common man.
Foundation of society, anxiety. Suppress it if you can.
What are we angry for?
We all need a common cure.
That common goal for which you strive:
To have more than the other (have more than the other) guy.
The quest for truth, the quest for gold, yeah, we end up all the same.
The common lie, the righteous cry, we end up all the same.
The angry crowd, those lost and found, everybody's all the same.
The poet's pen, these words I lend, we all bend to
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2:08 | No Control | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 2020 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 2017 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 2015 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 2015 | ||
2:08 | No Control | E86406-1 | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
2:08 | No Control | E-86406-1TPK | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
2:08 | No Control | E-86406-1 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
2:08 | No Control | E-86406-1 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
2:08 | No Control | 86702-2 | Russia | CD | 2007 | |
2:08 | No Control | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Australia | CD | 1995 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Japan | CD | 1994 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
2:08 | No Control | E-86406-4 | United States | MC | 1989 | |
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Germany | 12" | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | CD | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | 6406-2 | Europe | CD | 1989 | |
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Russia | MC | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | 12" | 1989 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Brazil | CD | 1989 | ||
Remastered | ||||||
2:08 | No Control | Russia | CD | 2020 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Europe | CD | 2004 | ||
2:08 | No Control | Australia | CD | 2004 | ||
2:08 | No Control | n/a | United States | MC | 2004 | |
2:08 | No Control | n/a | Europe | CD | 2004 | |
2:08 | No Control | Brazil | CD | 1999 | ||
2:08 | No Control | E-86406-4 | Poland | MC | 1996 | |
2:08 | No Control | Japan | CD | 1994 | ||
2:08 | No Control | United States | CD | 1989 |
No One
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In this song, "anxiety" is more or less a necessary evil that we need to avoid being stagnant. Just think about it: We all get anxious before we take a risk, like making a difference, or anything that takes us out of our comfort zone. And in order to grow and evolve, we need to keep taking risks, so we need anxiety.
07/12/2004 at 20:50
In this song, "anxiety" is more or less a necessary evil that we need to avoid being stagnant. Just think about it: We all get anxious before we take a risk, like making a difference, or anything that takes us out of our comfort zone. And in order to grow and evolve, we need to keep taking risks, so we need anxiety.
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Jwhite_tx
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One thing I have noticed about this text is that, like anxiety itself, many of the examples are universal. They apply at the individual level, and at the societal level. Competition, which goes hand and hand with anxiety, takes place at all levels, from among individuals, to among societies. Every civilization since Mesopotamia has been driven by anxiety. It doesn't matter if the civilization is the U.S.A. or the Yanomamo. Lines like "The quest for truth / The quest for gold" are universals. Everyone looks for truth, and material worth. In the end, it is usually our arrogance, and not our humility that leads to our downfall (see 'We're only going to die').
07/11/2004 at 12:00
One thing I have noticed about this text is that, like anxiety itself, many of the examples are universal. They apply at the individual level, and at the societal level. Competition, which goes hand and hand with anxiety, takes place at all levels, from among individuals, to among societies. Every civilization since Mesopotamia has been driven by anxiety. It doesn't matter if the civilization is the U.S.A. or the Yanomamo. Lines like "The quest for truth / The quest for gold" are universals. Everyone looks for truth, and material worth. In the end, it is usually our arrogance, and not our humility that leads to our downfall (see 'We're only going to die').
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