Story Behind The Song
Song inspired by the Alan Ginsberg poem "Howl". Similar to the ideas expressed in my song "Virtual Jesus", but more plaintive than angry.
Song Description
Song about our TV-fueled "Me" generation, and how modern first-world middle-class cultures are cutting themselves off from real people, real problems, and real knowledge of the world. Idea that the unexamined life isn't worth living, but you have to g
| Song Length |
4:23 |
Genre |
Rock - Funk, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Anxious, Restless |
Subject |
Liberal, Progressive, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Led Zeppelin, The Dave Matthews Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
HOWL
Copyright 2002, Curtis Wayne
I seen the best of my generation destroyed by MTV
I seen the best of my generation drown in apathy
TV show me got your eyes and sold it to my head
All the lies that you've been told, you wish you were dead
TV show me enemy and he's a lot like you
Pantyhose and bullet holes, it ain't nothin new
Chorus:
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Yes, I am
Man he say "I feel your pain"
Well he ain't on the streets
Sound bite's good on the evening news
Still ain't much to eat
TV show me got your eyes and sold it to my head
Mesmerized, hypnotized, might as well be dead
TV show me enemy and he's a lot like you
Pantyhose and bullet holes, it ain't nothin new
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Yes, I am
Man he say "I feel your pain"
Well he ain't on the streets
Sound bite's good on the evening news
Still ain't much to eat
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Am I my brother's keeper?
Yes, I am