Shanti’s Dispatches

People, let’s all just sit down one of these goddamned days, wake up, and smell the fucking coffee. We’re all just a bunch of Napoleons, even if we go the pacifist route and let the world swallow us up whole. Either way, we’re trying to prove something to someone, to “win” in whatever weird kind of way we all choose to go about doing it.

I’m a man, I need missions to get me through the day. We no longer kill wild beasts and drag them back to our base camp with the subtle intention of being the alpha male to impress that one hot tribal chick who skins the animal hides and always seems to be batting her eyelashes at you. No, we don’t do that anymore. But that doesn’t mean that that human animal is no longer part of me, dwelling just beneath the surface of my 21st century Billabong / Gap jeans costume. I’m fucking tired of denying that reality. You should be too. Get over it. We’re fucking animals. We have equal capacity for compassion and cruelty. When someone threatens to destroy us, we fight back and destroy them. This is the nature of survival. Bring it on, world.

Ani Difranco - Napoleon

they told you your music
could reach millions
that the choice was up to you
you told me they always
pay for lunch
and they believe in what i do
and i wonder
if you miss your old friends
once you’ve proven what you’re worth
yeah i wonder
when you’re a big star
will you miss the earth

and i know you would always want more
i know you would never be done
‘cuz everyone is a fucking napoleon
yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon

and the next time
that i saw you
you were larger than life
you came and you conquered
you were doing alright
you had an army
of suits behind you
and all you had to be was willing
and i said i still
make a pretty good living
you must make a killing
a killing

and i hope that you are happy
i hope at least you are having fun
‘cuz but everyone is a fucking napoleon
yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon

now you think, so that is
the way it’s gonna be
that’s what this is all about
i think that that is
the way it always was
you chose not to notice until now
yeah now that there’s a problem
you call me up to confide
and you go on for over an hour
’bout each one that took you for a ride

and i guess that you dialed my number
‘cuz you thought for sure that i’d agree
i said baby, you know i still love you
but how dare you complain to me

everyone is a fucking napoleon
yeah everyone is a fucking napoleon

You can bookmark this, digg this or check the cosmos