To Be Horribly Unclear

I'm here to rant and rave about every day life as well as asking some questions and getting some answers.

Saturday, August 19, 2006

Land of Confusion

I think this song made a whole lot of sense during the 80's regarding the "Second Cold War" and I think it makes a whole lot of sense today with what's going on in the world. Any thoughts? I thought I would refresh everyone's memory with the original version and Disturbed's remake.






Land of Confusion
I must have dreamed a thousand dreams
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street

Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
They're burning into the night

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go around
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

Oh, superman, where are you now?
When everything's gone wrong somehow?
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour

This is the time, this is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go around
Tell me why this is the land of confusion

This is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in

I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright all through the night
In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago

I won't be coming home tonight
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know we'll never keep

There's too many men, too many people
Making too many problems
And there's not much love to go round
Can't you see this is the land of confusion?

Now, this is the world we live in
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for

This is the world we live in
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to

5 Comments:

Blogger Sweet and Salty said...

wow! I definitely like the remake, although the video is very disturbing (but then again, so was the original video.)

Thanks for sharing that!

Sunday, August 20, 2006  
Blogger Orlando said...

Well, it goes hand in hand with the lyrics, doesn't it?

Sunday, August 20, 2006  
Blogger mindtwister said...

Is this the Genesis video and the Disturbed remake? I can't watch video at work, so I'm out of luck to find out what these are for the time being.

Monday, August 28, 2006  
Blogger Orlando said...

It's both the original version by Genesis and the remake by Disturbed. The difference is a solo that the guitarist Dan added in there. Other than that it's identical to the original.

Tuesday, August 29, 2006  
Blogger mindtwister said...

I have heard it. I like em both!

Wednesday, August 30, 2006  

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