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Next Big Thing

from Millennia Madness by Citizen Fish

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NEXT BIG THING

"Tremendous! Fab!" the critics cried
As unpopular culture was opened wide
To show the world what wasn't hidden
But up until then had been forbidden
With more open eyes than open minds
The critics searched intent to find
The latest act on the borderline
Between being coarse and showing fine

An image brought to public view
That spurned the many to proclaim the few
Yet processed such that any threat
Was shown to be simple to forget
And for that falsehood people flocked
To be seen to be relishing what they'd mocked
Safe now the threat was public domain
All the old rebellion was shown to be safe
Radical chic for the strong gone weak
Handed on a plate what they were too scared to seek

Dressed in non-conformity the people took the hand
That seemed to promise freedom, but they couldn't understand
That through the hands of the media
And all the ways they are feeding it
The content becomes less, not more
Getting the result without knowing the score
Music has been raped and shed
Of all its power by the images fed
Beguiled by smiles presumed to be scorns
They bought the product and the cult was formed

Original music is always born
But the way it's produced can make it look deformed
Pity for the rebel who fought so strong
To be put in the position where he didn't belong
But hoped beyond the vision he'd always had
That some kind of good could emerge from the bad

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from Millennia Madness, released September 1, 1995

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