Let us Now Think

Lyrics to Hard Wired

by Tracy Chapman:

Your wants desires

Needs and wishes

Will be duly noted

Processed filed and cataloged

Labeled and encoded

Turned into sitcom dialog

And advertising slogan

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

Hard wired for downloading

All the secrets and the mysteries

You’ve been selfishly withholding

The dreams and hopes

That once were yours

Will now be collected and dispersed

So the first to come with cash to spend

Will be the first one served

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

Hard wired for downloading

All the secrets and the mysteries

You’ve been selfishly withholding

Make you think you like to be watched

Displayed on the auction block

Invaded in your own home

Stripped naked on the television

Humiliated in front of millions

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

Hard wired for downloading

All the secrets and the mysteries

You’ve been selfishly withholdin

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

We’ve got a box to put in your brain

Your wants desires

Needs and wishes

Will be duly noted

So, here is a great song that I think I know the meaning of, but I'm not sure. Part of me thinks it's about the power advertising has over us, but it could be more along the lines of Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451. It may be alluding to reality t.v. and the joke it is. It may also be about Blogs and people like myself who expose way too much for a public domain. Her lyrics are pure genius. I'm so fascinated by her and artists like her who use music as a powerful tool to project a message. Isn't it awesome?

I'm going to start adding more poems, pics, lyrics, etc. with my commentary. Just because I want to. It helps me think.