Story Behind The Song

I wanted to write song to cheer me up about how depressed I was over the state of our nation and the world during the Bush era.

Song Description

This song is a response to the Bush era. But it can be about any era, when you have to persevere through a dark time and hold on to hope by clinging to the things that make you happy, like driving in the summertime with the windows down, listening to music.

Lyrics

I can't believe what I've been seeing
They keep twisting the knife into those already bleeding
In the name of saving us all, don't do me the favor

A steady beat of platitudes and stumping
Bible thumping and oil pumping
My friend is a foe and our city's a graveyard

Summer come sing me your seaside song
I'm headed to a place where I belong
With the windows down and my eyes wide open
I want to believe it so I won't stop hoping
The circle's not broken

Flashing messages without meaning
Science is silenced, dreamers must be dreaminig
I'm hitting the books and I'm reading the bottle

I think about the lovers and the missing
And everyone hurt by territorial pissing
But I'm not afraid and I'm not changing my motto

Summer come sing me your seaside song
I'm headed to a place where I belong
With the windows down and my eyes wide open
I want to believe it so I won't stop hoping
The circle's not broken

Believe it, believe it