The War Going on for Your Mind

There is a song by the Flobots titled "There's a War Going on For Your Mind" that I can't believe I didn't put in with the last post about the media and the election. I don't think the group has made an official video for the song, but here is one I found on YouTube that is very well done. The words of this song are very important and this video uses them to paint a very clear picture of its meaning. If you'd just like to read the lyrics, they're below the video. Do let me know what you think of this.

There is a war going on for your mind.

Media mavens mount surgical strikes from trapper keeper collages and online magazine racks
Cover girl cutouts throw up pop-up ads
Infecting victims with silicone shrapnel.
Worldwide passenger pigeons deploy paratroopers
Now it's raining pornography,
Lovers take shelter.
Post-production debutantes pursue you in NASCAR chariots
They construct ransom letters from biblical passages and bleed mascara into holy water supplies.

There's a war going on for your mind.

Industry insiders slang test tube babies to corporate crackheads.
They flash logos and blast ghettos
Their embroidered neckties say "Stop Snitchin.'"
Conscious rappers and whistleblowers get stitches made of acupuncture needles and marionette strings.

There is a war going on for your mind.

Professional wrestlers and vice presidents want you to believe them.
The desert sky is their bluescreen
They superimpose explosions
They shout at you,
"Pay no attention to the men behind the barbed curtain
Nor the craters beneath the draped flags
Those hoods are there for your protection,"
And meteors these days are the size of corpses.

There is a war going on for your mind.

We are the insurgents.

Cheers.