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Crucified

from Rage (Remastered 2022) by John Ludi

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Isn't it funny how the people who have ended up causing the most damage in this world (Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Martha Stewart) end up with a following of millions and the people who try to make it a better place (Christ, Gandhi, Malcolm X) tend to get nailed to a tree or shot?

I think there may be something wrong with us.

(just kidding about Martha Stewart. Actually I kind of like her. Actually, I think she's sorta hot. Call me, Martha.)

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There is a scent the vermin sense
a subtle word, a difference.
No hue and cry when vultures fly
to mark the deed, foul creatures feed...

on the bones of those who care the most
more than the host of nameless hopeless ghosts.

Beyond the ken of common men,
in the pursuit of hidden truths
those souls progressed above the rest
will fall to sand as foul creatures stand...

Pacify the crowd with the deaths of those endowed
with the gift of sight (it's the common man's delight).
Burning at the stake once more to calm the angry hoard.
Rabble satisfied: another sage was crucified.

On deaf ears all learned words will fall.
Nothing will change: a future out of range
of minute minds, the common kind.
Content with lies, foul creatures die...

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from Rage (Remastered 2022), released June 4, 2015

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John Ludi Madison, Wisconsin

John Ludi is a musician/singer-songwriter with a wide array of influences and lyrical interests who was "Indie" before the term even existed. Working outside of the music industry by choice has given Ludi the ability to release songs of a level of lyrical depth that are anathema to the minds of the "suits". Ludi lives off-grid in a yurt in the woods of WI and will "fight the power" til he dies. ... more

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