Misery And Famine

Bad Religion · Against The Grain [1990]

So proud of history!

replete with sanctity..

orbs in their harmony

they sing their code to me!



Have you ever heard

yourself the orbit that you are in?

the terse, oppressive blanket that's instilled here by our spin!



It's misery and famine!

it's a force we cannot see...

misery and famine!

it compels us naturally.

Misery and famine!

great ellipse

we bend to thee...

Misery and famine!

just accept your vagrancy...



Others who bear no name

who feel that life's a game...

my verse they will defame

we suffer all the same!

They pay no regard to their position or their speed,

but the firmament still covers them with it's malevolent seed!



It's misery and famine... [chorus again]



You look for meaning in things no one comprehends

you feel no affinity to the rabble we're in...

sources of inguiry have nothing to portend!

they will perplex us all until the coming end...

until the coming end!



A feeling of despair

hungry and full of care...

we resent everywhere

the fortune that we share!

"this Earth could be a better place"

is a concept I condone

given our pathetic course our destiny is known!



It's misery and famine... [chorus again]



Misery and famine! ( x 4)