Name: If Not Us
Duration: 4 min 11 s
Channel: Neil O'Brien
Description: "If Not Us" is a song by Rude Corps.

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Rude Corps

Take old skool rave, add indie/punk sensibilities and anarchist politics, shake vigorously, then see what happens...

Total semi-competent amateur and proud of it! There are currently 10 full albums, 5 EPs and numerous stray tracks available here... keep checking up, cos more music is appearing all the time... For album and EP artwork, visit . If you think you can stomach more of this shit, then why not check the , and wonder at my musical development (or lack thereof...) I now also have a page dedicated to I've done for other people... Finally, there's also a wee side project that I have which goes by the name ...

Song Info

Genre

Alternative • Alternative General

Charts

Peak #111

Peak in subgenre #33

Author

Neil O'Brien

Rights

@nti-copyright

Uploaded

July 26, 2009

Track Files

MP3

MP3 3.8 MB • 128 kbps • 4:11

Story behind the song

A song about alienation and political apathy.

Lyrics

Standing on the stairs, as clear as a bell
I hear the same TV show beamed into every cell
From one room to the next there's a slight delay
It's such a distance to cover, just a few feet away

So many people in such isolation
The masses have crumbled into atomisation
You want human interest and a sense of community?
Just pick up the remote and switch on the TV

Everybody says the world needs to change
But no-one makes a move to make it happen
Everybody says it all needs rearranging
Well if not us then who, if not now, then when, yeah?

Horrors in the news, but at least it's not you, yeah
There's always someone worse off and that's a real comfort
Strangers and foreigners suffer pain and abuse, yeah
Still, you tell yourself, they probably deserve it

Oh it's so easy to curl up and ignore it
Try and kid yourself that it's not your problem
And maybe if you're lucky it'll never touch you
Maybe if you're lucky you'll slip by