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You, Me & The Bourgeoisie Lyrics
Here I am with all the pleasures of the first world
Laid out before me, who am I to breakdown? Everyday I wake up, I choose love, I choose light And I try, it's too easy just to fall apart Oh, my baby don't be so distressed We're done with politesse It's time to be so brutally honest about The way we know we long for something fine When we pine for higher ceilings And bourgeois happy feelings And here we are in the center of the first world It's laid out before us, who are we to break down? Everyday we wake up, we choose love, we choose light And we try, it's too easy just to fall apart Plastic bottles, imported water Cars we drive wherever we want to Clothes we buy, it's sweatshop labor Drugs from corporate enablers We're not living the good life Unless we're fighting the good fight You and me just trying to get it right In the center of the first world It's laid out before us, who are we to break down? Everyday we wake up, we choose love, we choose light And we try, it's too easy just to fall apart Love can free us from all excess From our deepest debt 'Cause when our hearts are full we need much less Yeah, I know we long for something fine When we pine for higher ceilings And bourgeois happy feelings But here we are, in the center of the first world It's laid out before us, who are we to break down? Here we are, in the center of the first world It's laid out before us, who are we to break down? Everyday we wake up, we choose love, we choose light And we try, it's too easy just to fall a- Everyday we wake up, we choose love, we choose light And we try, it's too easy just to fall apart |
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03-23-2008
When we 'love' and enjoy life, and try to lead it outside of the bourgeois-style idea of success and happiness, we become happy and we learn to live on much less
"cause when our hearts are full we need much less."
In case you were wondering, bourgeois means the affluent middle-class, it's a derogative term meaning a senseless, materialistic way to live. It's not considered a good thing to be regarded as part of the bourgeoisie.
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04-24-2008
it reminds me a lot about the idea of going beyond "mere happiness" and wanting something more than that, like a more refined and worldly sense of happiness instead of just banal things, like tree-lights said.
And totally awesome job AE for having this free download!
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08-22-2008
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10-13-2008
It's laid out before us, who are we to break down?
such a good point. we live in the first world (vs the third world countries who struggle with life threatening challenges everyday) and it's about how even some of the greatest problems in our lives that we might "break down" over are actually quite trivial when placed into context of the bigger picture.
i think the part about how it's easy to fall apart is saying how it's easy to get tied up in other selfish things and we have to remember to stick together and "choose love and choose light" and not fall apart from one another.
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11-10-2008
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12-02-2008
My two cents is that sometimes we are so selfish always wanting more and more and we feel that we need fill our hearts and minds with material things but the line "Cause when our hearts are full we need much less" - SO TRUE. All the material things in the world will never truly satisfy our hearts.
What a great and catchy song that you don't get sick of.
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