Brendan Calling

Screaming for Change

When I heard Uniform Choice from Orange County California (probably sometime around 86 or 87), it rocked my world as hard as Minor Threat did. They had that same straight-edge sound I loved so much.

But today one of my favorite songs from that album, the title cut “Screaming for Change”, popped into my head again. Whether you like hardcore music or not, and i’m sure a lot fo you don’t care for it, it is impossible to tell me thse lyrics don’t matter:

Screaming
For a change
Forever reaching
To once again rearrange
Another struggle
With the wind in my face
Forever blowing
But this time at my pace

Screaming for change
Still screaming
Screaming for change

Some is better than one
But some just isn’t enough
I hope the best is yet to come
But hope alone won’t stand

I-Scream-For-Change

Understand that you make a difference
No difference between you and I
Look beyond the shadowing surface
Take the time don’t limit your mind

When I look at what’s going on in my world today, at the flatulent and ultimately empty promises of hope and change, I realize I’m going to be screaming for change for a long, long time. It’s nice to have a soundtrack.

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