Lascivious, it's all that I can think of
As I drag my feet searching like a Diogenes.
Dangerous, the adjective of the decade
And of your alluring intricacies.
I can see your green-screen mentality
And I can feel the sting of it's consequence,
And I know I shouldn't, but it's too much to ignore,
An emotion I deplore.
Every time I look at you, I just want do it,
I can clench my fist right through it,
But I just want to get off.
Rectilinear, this direction we've been heading
Never realizing we are on a runaway machine,
Angular, the momentum that does turn us one
Step further on our ladder, one more turn toward the east.
I realize your green-screen mentality
And I know it is shared by many more,
I know it's quite impossible, but I am damned to find a way
to revolve the other way.
Every time I scrutinize I just say "screw it",
We're on a ride down a blind conduit
And I just want to get off.
Version | Length | Release | Catalog ID | Country | Format | Year |
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Album version | ||||||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2022 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2017 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | 86409-1TPU | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1TYL | United States | 12" | 2014 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2010 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 2009 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 2009 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 2007 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | 1309157-1 | Brazil | CD | 1999 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | Brazil | CD | 1999 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-4 | Poland | MC | 1996 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | ESCA-6141 | Japan | CD | 1995 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 1994 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 1991 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-4 | United States | MC | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | 12" | 1990 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-1 | United States | 12" | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409-2 | United States | CD | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | South Korea | CD | 1990 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | 6409-2 | Europe | CD | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 1990 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | E-86409 | United States | 12" | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | MG 2200 | Poland | MC | 1990 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | Russia | MC | 1990 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Brazil | CD | 1990 | ||
Remastered | ||||||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Europe | 12" | 2023 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2016 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2010 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | MC | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | United States | CD | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Europe | CD | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Australia | CD | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Thailand | MC | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | 86703-2 | Europe | CD | 2004 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | 86703-2 | Israel | CD | 2004 | |
1:42 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 2004 | ||
1:42 | Against The Grain | Russia | CD | 1990 | ||
Video live 1991 | ||||||
Big Bang | n/a | Europe | DVD | 2004 | ||
Big Bang | 24030-423 | Europe | VHS | 1992 | ||
Not specified | ||||||
Against the Grain / Recipe for Hate | BYCD-019 | South Korea | CD | 1997 |
April Potter
Guest
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Remember when this song was written; this song is not limited to American politics, it is a commentary on society as a whole, the reference to cynicism, and IBM green-screen computers, technology pushing us farther from nature - this song is about anarchy, about "revolving the other way" - and since this song was written we have seen our society continue down that conduit - ask yourself educated reader - do you need that cell phone? Do you need to watch reality television? We become sedate as we dazzle ourselves with the toys that keep us from what we really want - it's not any different from the mother who uses the television as a babysitter - or feeds candy to her inquisitive child rather than sitting down and enjoying the world anew all over again. This song embodies that emotion and frustration.
07/21/2006 at 20:55
Remember when this song was written; this song is not limited to American politics, it is a commentary on society as a whole, the reference to cynicism, and IBM green-screen computers, technology pushing us farther from nature - this song is about anarchy, about "revolving the other way" - and since this song was written we have seen our society continue down that conduit - ask yourself educated reader - do you need that cell phone? Do you need to watch reality television? We become sedate as we dazzle ourselves with the toys that keep us from what we really want - it's not any different from the mother who uses the television as a babysitter - or feeds candy to her inquisitive child rather than sitting down and enjoying the world anew all over again. This song embodies that emotion and frustration.
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Pan Blanco
Guest
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the whole song is a double entendre in the first verse the personhas problem with lust and just wants to "get off" were in second verse a concerned individualis worried about the current condition of america and calls it "runaway machine" and all this person wants to do is get off
07/08/2005 at 13:08
the whole song is a double entendre in the first verse the personhas problem with lust and just wants to "get off" were in second verse a concerned individualis worried about the current condition of america and calls it "runaway machine" and all this person wants to do is get off
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