No, this has nothing to do with weight loss. I was listening to “Eye of the Beholder” from Metallica’s …And Justice For All today. The lyrics are scarily prescient.
It doesn’t get anymore real than the daily erosion of our freedom. Metallica nailed it 25 years ago, and now it makes more sense than ever. An already great album just became my all time favorite. Enjoy it here, but even more, pay attention to the lyrics for the track starting at 16:28.
Do you see what I see
Truth is an offense
You silence for your confidence
Do you hear what I hear
Doors are slamming shut
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must
Do you feel what I feel
Bittering distress
Who decides what you express
Do you take what I take
Endurance is the word
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd
Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
Do you fear what I fear
Living properly
Truths to you are lies to me
Do you choose what I choose
More alternives
Energy derives from both the plus and negative
Do you need what I need
Boundaries overthrown
Look inside to each his own
Do you trust what I trust
Me, myself and I
Penetrate the smoke screen I see through the selfish lie
Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
Do you know what I know
Your money and your wealth
Your silence just to hear yourself
Do you want what I want
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence, lengthen freedom’s ring
Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is made for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom no longer frees you
Doesn’t matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it’s done just how I say
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