moths from wasi'chu by wasi'chu
Tracklist
| 7. | moths | 7:20 |
Lyrics
bearing witness
to our own demise.
your hope, it's for the defeated.
conviction is nothing;
nothing without action.
your hope, it's for the pacified.
when will
we replace the pen with the sword?
enough is enough.
this culture of apathy;
like moths to a flame.
enough is enough.
“When 40% of the arctic sea ice melts all they talk about is exploiting the last vestiges of oil, mineral, gas, and fish stocks. It is collective suicide. As Ahab says in the book, 'my methods and my means are sane, my object is mad.' And we have very, very little time left. And so the tactics we employ have to be smart because the forces arrayed against us are working overtime to crush us.”
discard your fears.
suspend your comforts.
become the change.
undo what's been done.
forget your hopes.
suppress your dreams.
time has run out.
act now think later.
too far?
not far enough.
until the market is in ruins.
too far?
not far enough.
until these empires collapse.
there is no future.
awake from these illusions.
“Well whatever we do, change is coming. It's coming with the implosion of our imperium, and it's coming with the rapid degradation of the eco-system itself, and there's nothing we can do to stop it. how will we cope with this change? Will we respond rationally? Will we learn to speak to the world with a new humility and recreate structures within our own communities for sustainability? Or will we continue to live an illusion? And the response to the climate crisis is the perfect example. We have half the country that denies that climate change exists, and the other half arguing that we can adapt. Both are forms of magical thinking. The fact is we can no longer afford, not only the levels of consumption, but the empire itself.”
Credits
soundclips from:
- "Occupy Tactics: Violence and Legitimacy in the Occupy Movement and Beyond" (2012)
