Lyrics

Collectivity

Energy! Can you feel it, feel it in the air!
I’m positive! Positive that we can make a change!
After today, things won’t be the same!
We can shake these walls and we can break our chains!
We can break these walls and we can break our chains!

We live our lives in isolated spheres.
Compartmentalized, alone with all our fears
Take a chance, step out of property
Take my hand. We’ll reach for liberty.

Oh! This is power, this is strength.
Oh! This is collectivity.

Desire! Can you listen to your heart?
Unrelenting! Love and work and play can feed your soul.
Together! We can give each other everything we need.
We are the start, the end, the journey and the means!
We can rock these walls, yeah we can rock these walls
And throw off all our chains!

We’ll fold our arms and watch the system fall
The mark of true power is all for one and one for all
Solidarity is our greatest tool
In building a world in which the people rule.

Oh! This is power, this is strength.
Oh! This is collectivity.

Oh! This is power, this is strength.
Oh! This is collectivity.
Oh! This is power, this is strength.
Oh! Knowing you can count on me.

The greatest power that humanity has is its capacity to build together towards common goals. We are social creatures who understand our signifigance through our collaborative and meaningful interaction with each other. This is being robbed from us in the name of principles supposedly higher in purpose than our own well being - that of capital. In the Soviet Union, it was in the name of the bureaucracy that the people were robbed. No system based on the domination of one over another can provide the environment necessary for human liberty. Let us rise in unison and claim what is the rightful legacy of the human species - the full potential of our capacities for meaningful and creative social interaction.

(Mark Vermin)

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