Reply #12: Ani Difranco's "Self-Evident" [View All]

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she wrote it for 9/11

it's really beautiful, she performs it as spoken word and it's really haunting. You can download the mp3 for free from her site here:
http://www.righteousbabe.com/ani/l_self_evident.asp

Be warned, it's really powerful...

"...on a morning beatific
in its indian summer breeze
on the day that america
fell to its knees
after strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please

and the shock was subsonic
and the smoke was deafening
between the setup and the punch line
cuz we were all on time for work that day
we all boarded that plane for to fly
and then while the fires were raging
we all climbed up on the windowsill
and then we all held hands
and jumped into the sky..."


"...and i'll tell you what, while we're at it
you can keep the pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every tv
that's been trying to convince me
to participate
in some prep school punk's plan to perpetuate retribution
perpetuate retribution
even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution
is still hanging in the air
and there's ash on our shoes
and there's ash in our hair ..."

It's about the greatest piece I've heard on the tragedy, but it's really politically charged.