We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Big Brother is Watching

from Danthology Volume 1 by Dan Abbott

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

about

This is my musical adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. It's really just a musical book report, probably with Jim Morrison as the imagined narrator. I think I always imagined it as a really loud song, but the walls were thin at home and I wasn't allowed to play very loud in my bedroom.

lyrics

I saw a funny thing today upon the telescreen
I must be careful not to laugh because I know he’s watching
It’s always been this way, I can’t remember ever being free
I cannot hear what you are saying
Are you using Newspeak?

Thoughtcrime is what I’m guilty of
Cause 2 and 2 to Minitrue
Makes 5

Sometimes we dream about a place where I can go and not be heard
I’ll take her with me when I go and I don’t care who follows
For now I’ll break no laws and travel where the elders drink & die
Someone has changed the story; once again they are the heroes.

Thoughtcrime is what I’m guilty of
Cause 2 and 2 to Minitrue
Makes 5

Freedom or lack thereof
We are not free
Thoughts receding to happier times
We are not free
It is time to question our very existence when our very existence is questioned
We are not free

Thoughtcrime is what I’m guilty of
Cause 2 and 2 to Minitrue
Makes 5

credits

from Danthology Volume 1, released March 30, 2015

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Dan Abbott Oakland, California

contact / help

Contact Dan Abbott

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Dan Abbott, you may also like: