Shades of Ignorance
from Above the Sky by CraftLass
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about
A socio-political look at ignorance and it's implications in American society, especially the willful kind.
lyrics
How did we get to this place
Where Americans think knowledge is a waste?
Everyone complains about the state
Of education at this date
But then they try to put religion
And uninformed opinion
Into classrooms as if
It’s a reasonable alternative
To facts backed up by evidence
Chorus:
It’s one thing to be ignorant
Quite another to be in denial
And yet still another
To put actual facts on trial
In favor of mythology
With no methodology
To give your conclusions
The weight of accuracy
How did we get to this place
Where being well-informed is a disgrace?
Elections can often be won
By proving you would rather be dumb
Unwilling to change your stance
Give new stats a second glance
No one is capable
Of being infallible
Stubborn is not the same as strong
Chorus
Bridge:
Isn’t it time to admit
We’ve come a long way since
Ancient times and ages dark
Superstition’s just a lark
We’ve worked so hard to learn so much
A shame to leave it all in the dust
How did we get to this place
Where science is so frequently displaced?
By fear-mongers out to make a buck
Who say we’re running out of luck
With pretty words to hide the fact
None of them can be backed
By anything but fiction
It’s like a mass addiction
More dangerous than any drug
Chorus
Where Americans think knowledge is a waste?
Everyone complains about the state
Of education at this date
But then they try to put religion
And uninformed opinion
Into classrooms as if
It’s a reasonable alternative
To facts backed up by evidence
Chorus:
It’s one thing to be ignorant
Quite another to be in denial
And yet still another
To put actual facts on trial
In favor of mythology
With no methodology
To give your conclusions
The weight of accuracy
How did we get to this place
Where being well-informed is a disgrace?
Elections can often be won
By proving you would rather be dumb
Unwilling to change your stance
Give new stats a second glance
No one is capable
Of being infallible
Stubborn is not the same as strong
Chorus
Bridge:
Isn’t it time to admit
We’ve come a long way since
Ancient times and ages dark
Superstition’s just a lark
We’ve worked so hard to learn so much
A shame to leave it all in the dust
How did we get to this place
Where science is so frequently displaced?
By fear-mongers out to make a buck
Who say we’re running out of luck
With pretty words to hide the fact
None of them can be backed
By anything but fiction
It’s like a mass addiction
More dangerous than any drug
Chorus
credits
from Above the Sky,
released April 3, 2010
Vocals & acoustic guitar by CraftLass
Percussion by Dave Entwistle &CraftLass
Vocals & acoustic guitar by CraftLass
Percussion by Dave Entwistle &CraftLass
license
all rights reserved
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about
CraftLass Hoboken
A renaissance man trapped in the body of a modern woman.
discography
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Jun 2012 -
Feb 2011 -
Apr 2010
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