We didn’t even know these guys were still around, but hey!
This is pretty cool!
90s rock band Third Eye Blind has just released a brand new single which pays tribute to the Occupy Wall Street movement, called If There Ever Was A Time, and even features an audio clip taken from when a police-thrown tear canister broke the skull of Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen during an Oakland protest!
Give it a listen (above)!
Lead singer Stephen Jenkins explains:
“I think college students are going to come to terms with the unfairness of student loans, the hallowing out of jobs from finance based capitalism, and the depletion of public wealth. When you take money out of politics, which is what Occupy Wall Street is about for me, you reverse these trends. This song is meant to encourage their participation. I hope we flood this movement with music.”
Amen to that!
Check out the full lyrics of the track…AFTER THE JUMP!
if there ever was a time, it would be now is all I’m saying if there ever was a time to get on your feet and take it to the street cause you’re the one who’s getting played right now by the game they’re playing come on meet me down at Zuccotti park
oh where are the youth, we need you now
come speak the truth, come break it down
where are the youth, we need you now
if there ever was a time, it would be now
to make the masters hear this
if there ever was a time to get downtown
and get non violent and fearless
things only get brighter when you light a spark
everywhere you go right now is Zuccotti park
and news corps says you don’t have a plan
well sit down man, i’ll tell you again
the plan’s to stand together up to greed
and a tear gas can in a veteran’s face
won’t change the case
(chorus)
if there ever was a time, it would be now
for the rest of us
if there ever was a time it would be now
cause money and power are incestuous
a moment makes a movement
or it fades out in the dark
come on meet me down at Zuccotti park
and i saw a sign in the oakland spring
it said “occupy everything!”
or by and for and off won’t mean a thing
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