POLITICAL SCIENTIST – RYAN ADAMS
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social StudiesNO GUARANTEES
NONE OF US ASKED TO BE BORN. WHEN WE WERE OLD OR SENTIENT ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID, GOOD AND LOVING PARENTS SAID THINGS LIKE :
‘THERE, THERE, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.’
‘SEE? NOTHING UNDER THE BED.’
‘THERE’S NOBODY IN THE CLOSET.’
‘HE’S A FRIENDLY DOG.’
‘NICE KITTY.’
WE WERE SMALL. THE WORLD WAS A BIG AND SCARY PLACE FULL OF UNFAMILIAR SIGHTS AND SOUNDS. THERE WERE EYEOPENING WONDERS AND DELIGHTFUL THINGS THAT MADE US GRIN OR GIGGLE. AS WE GOT BIGGER, OUR BRAINS STARTED TO NOTICE THINGS, THE SUBTLETIES OF LIFE THAT MADE US ASK QUESTIONS. SOMETIMES THE ANSWERS FRIGHTENED US SO WE HAD TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY HAD SOOTHING ANSWERS. SOME ADULTS ONLY GAVE STUPID ANSWERS. IT WAS SCARY TO THINK THAT ADULTS COULD BE STUPID. WE DEPENDED ON THEM TO MAKE US SMARTER AND SAFE. SOME TIME LATER, CYNICISM, IN VARYING DEGREES, SET IN. LIFE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT NEW VIEWS OF THE WORLD. THE TEEN YEARS COULD BE HORRIBLE. WE BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT NO MATTER HOW HOPEFUL WE WERE ABOUT THE FUTURE, THERE WAS NO WAY IN HELL THAT ANYONE COULD ASSURE OR GUARANTEE OUR BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
AS WE GOT OLDER, WE GOT JOBS, EARNED MONEY AND BOUGHT THINGS FOR OURSELVES. WE STARTED TO LEARN THAT SOME PRODUCT WARRANTIES WERE NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY WERE PRINTED ON OR EVEN GAVE UP ON THE PAINFUL PHONE CALL TO COMPLAIN. WE STOPPED SENDING IN THE WARRANTY CARD. WE MAY HAVE MOVED OUT OR GONE TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. WE MIGHT HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE OR LUST. WE MAY HAVE FALLEN OUT OF IT. REGARDLESS OF ANY PROMISES MADE, THERE WERE ALWAYS CIRCUMSTANCES OR EXCUSES THAT PREVENTED THE PROMISES OR GUARANTEES FROM BEING KEPT OR HONORED. IT WAS MUCH LIKE VOTING IN YOUR FIRST ELECTION FOR A POLITICIAN THAT PRETENDED TO BE THE HIPPEST MILLENNIAL WITH THE BEST HAIR ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT HE WAS A COMPLETE FOOL AND DANGEROUS FRAUD. IN SOME CASES YOU WENT BACK TO OR VOTED AGAIN FOR THE ONE WHO LET YOU DOWN, THE ONE WHO TRIED TO MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY ABOUT THE CYNICISM HE/SHE/HER HELPED YOU ACQUIRE.
EVENTUALLY AND CURRENTLY, THE POLITICAL PROCESS AND CURRENT EVENTS HAVE BROUGHT YOU DOWN OR MADE YOU FEARFUL FOR YOUR FUTURE…FOR YOUR FAMILYS’ FUTURE. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND SPOUSES MAY HAVE ABANDONED YOU, EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY, BECAUSE OR IN SPITE OF YOUR FEARS OR YOUR COURAGE AGAINST THESE FEARS.
‘POLITICAL SCIENTIST’ IS ONE OF RYAN ADAMS ‘BEST’ SONGS OF THOUSANDS. IT’S LIKE WATCHING CLIPS FROM A MOVIE OF HUMAN DISAPPOINTMENT IN URBAN DECAY. IT’S A SONG ABOUT FAILED OR FAILING RELATIONSHIPS AND THE PROMISES HELD OUT BY SOCIAL CONVENTION OR INTERVENTION.
A POLITICAL SCIENTIST IS A RESEARCHER, ANALYST, AND FORECASTER.
THEY USE THEIR EXPERTISE TO UNDERSTAND HOW POLICIES AFFECT GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, PUBLIC SERVICES AND CITIZENS OF ANY GIVEN SOCIETY. THEY ARE EMPLOYED TO HELP RESHAPE OR ‘RE-IMAGINE’ SOCIETY. ‘POLITICAL SCIENTIST’ IS A POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM FOR ‘TECHNOCRAT’. THEY ARE PAID IN MARXIST, GLOBALIST CURRENCY…A LOT OF IT. THEY HELPED BRING IN THE AGE OF HORROR GENOCIDE THAT FRIGHTENED PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE OF SAFETY BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE. THEY ONLY HAD TO BE TOLD THAT ALL MEASURES WERE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AND TO TRUST THE TECHNOCRATIC SCIENCE.
SOME OF THE CYNICS RESISTED AND FOUGHT. THEY WERE RESIGNED TO FIGHTING.
SOME, IN SPITE OF SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS, RESISTED AND FOUGHT BRAVELY.
SOME JUST GAVE IN TO IT IF ONLY TO REVIVE A CYNICAL ‘NORMAL’.
NO GUARANTEES.
WE CAN BEAT THIS.
WHATEVER.
HE IS DRINKING WATER FROM THE FAUCET FROM THE RIVER
FROM THE TRIBUTARY IT COMES THROUGH THE RUSTED PIPES
OUTSIDE THE WINDOW HE SEES THE WATER THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE CLEAN BY THE CHEMICALS
POLLUTED BY THE CANDY FACTORY LINES
SOMEPLACE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
SOMEPLACE ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
IS WHERE THEY LIVE
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
SO NOW SHE IS CRAWLING ON HER HANDS AND HER KNEES
SHE IS DIRTYING HER JEANS CHOKING ON HER OWN PERFUME
WITH A PEN SHE WRITES BELOW THE SINK
IN SOMEONES RESTAURANT
THIS PLACE IS INCONVENIENT FOR MY NAME
SHE FORGETS TO WRITE IT ANYWAY
SHE FORGETS TO WRITE IT ANYWAY
THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES THE COCAINE
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
BANGING HARD UPON A CROOKED DRUM
SHE FEELS THEM TEARING DOWN
SALVATION ARMY HOUSES BACK IN MICHIGAN
HER HUSBAND’S DIVORCED
BUT HE TREATS HER THAT WAY OF COURSE
BECAUSE HE NEEDS HER JUST LIKE HE NEEDS MEDICINE
SHE FORGETS TO WRITE HIM ANYWAY
SHE FORGETS TO WRITE HIM ANYWAY
WHAT’S RED AND WHITE AND NEARLY OVER
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
THERE’S NO GUARANTEES
- RYAN ADAMS – POLITICAL SCIENTIST – FROM THE ALBUM ‘LOVE IS HELL’ 2004
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