“I'm just skin covering anger." - Matthew Grimm

In an act of solidarity, Matthew Grimm of the rock group Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear has recently sent Venceremos his band’s new single along with its lyrics.   The track is entitled One Twenty Oh-Nine.  Great title guys!

Venceremos originally heard about this band on Jack Clark’s Blast the Right podcast, which you can subscribe to for free at iTunes along with Venceremos’ new podcast.

http://www.therationalradical.com/podcast.html

After visiting the Red Smear website and listening to more of their music, we could see that these guys have a lot of things to say that need to be heard by the world, and namely the hardworking folks of the good ol’ U. S. of A. 

http://www.redsmear.com/

This song in particular focuses on the jubilee that the vast majority of the world’s population will feel when George W. Bush is no longer in office.  In a reality filled with injustice, it’s good to point out that there’s a silver lining present now and then.

The track also reminds the future ex-President that even though it is highly unlikely that he will ever be publically tried for the war crimes he has committed, those crimes will never be forgotten.  No, Mr. Bush, history will not absolve you.

On January 20, 2009, the world will see a new leader of America sworn into office.  That guy, who we now know is Barack Obama, may very well be a train wreck, as well.  In fact, it is all but certain.  Without a major overhaul of the current system, which the major candidates are never willing or able to conduct, we will see little change over the next decade.      
 

The lyrics of the song are pretty self explanatory, so please have a listen. 

Click here to listen:

OneTwentyOhNine by Matthew Grimm and Red Smear

We need not pretend we could ever be friends
But I don’t think it’s too much to ask
That after eight years of rows and untold broken vows
You give every day of it back

You may’ve done what you thought best, but it’s conspicuous
How the inverse transpired
So with a world now in flames, I won’t bother to deign
To piss on your head if your hair catches fire

I’m normally not a mean-spirited guy
But if you got cancer I’d laugh till I cried

Chorus
One twenty oh-nine     the day of our new jubilee      five-point-
nine billion voices and glasses upraised in the joy of your egress to
ignominy
The skies will open in cool cleansing rain of ambrosia for all to
partake
And next day we’ll start digging out of the wrack and the ruin you
leave in your wake

I know you
won’t soon be troubled with staid self-reflection
Still a cloistered and dull trust fund kid
You’ll never be hungry, foreclosed on or held to the
Laws that hang others who did what you did

But maybe one shiny day
We’ll all see each other again in The Hague

One twenty oh-nine     the day of our new jubilee      five-point-
nine billion voices and glasses upraised to the end of our national
ignominy
The skies will open in cool cleansing rain of ambrosia for all to
partake
And next day we’ll start digging out of the sad, bloody nightmare you
leave in your wake

And the next guy might well be a train wreck but he won’t be you and
that’s saying a lot
And if the myths you’ve damned others by prove to be true, pray you
outlive the devil and god

The Red Smear reminds us that there is hope.  The American people are resilient, and with the right unified mindset brought forth by educating ourselves, we can dig out of the hole we are in at the present time. 

And remember that in between elections, we all STILL have an obligation to our global brothers and sisters to spread the word of real and lasting change.  So, let’s keep dialogue going and actions happening even after one twenty oh-nine! 

If you liked this song, you can buy Matthew Grimm & the Red Smear’s new album, Dawn's Early Apocalypse, and you can hear more of their music on their Myspace page or search for them on Youtube.

http://www.myspace.com/redsmear