{"id":5646,"date":"2016-11-27T02:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T07:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=5646"},"modified":"2016-11-27T02:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T07:04:24","slug":"the-weeds-are-all-around-us-and-theyre-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/the-weeds-are-all-around-us-and-theyre-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"The weeds are all around us and they&#8217;re growing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLTUEVUTdyQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Early every year, seeds are growing<br \/>\nUnseen, unheard, they lie beneath the ground<br \/>\nWould you know before the leaves are showing<br \/>\nThat with weeds all your garden will abound?<\/p>\n<p>If you close your eyes, stop your ears<br \/>\nHold your mouth, how can you know?<br \/>\nThe seeds you cannot see may not be there<br \/>\nThe seeds you cannot hear may never grow<\/p>\n<p>In January you&#8217;ve still got the choice<br \/>\nYou can cut the weeds before they start to bud<br \/>\nIf you leave them to grow higher, they&#8217;ll silence your voice<br \/>\nAnd in December you may pay with your blood<\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes, stop your ears<br \/>\nClose your mouth and take it slow<br \/>\nLet others take the lead and you bring up the rear<br \/>\nAnd later you can say you didn&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p>Everyday another vulture takes flight<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s another danger born every morning<br \/>\nIn the darkness of your blindness the beast will learn to bite<br \/>\nHow can you fight if you can&#8217;t recognize a warning?<\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes, stop your ears<br \/>\nClose your mouth and then you know<br \/>\nLet others take the lead and you bring up the rear<br \/>\nAnd later you can say you didn&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p>Today you may earn a living wage<br \/>\nTomorrow you may be on the dole<br \/>\nThough there&#8217;s millions going hungry, you needn&#8217;t disengage<br \/>\nFor it&#8217;s them, not you, that&#8217;s fallen in the hole<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s alright for you if you run with the pack<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s alright if you agree with all they do<br \/>\nIf the fascist&#8217;s party slowly climbing back<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not here yet, so what&#8217;s it got to do with you?<\/p>\n<p>The weeds are all around us and they&#8217;re growing<br \/>\nIt will soon be too late for the knife<br \/>\nIf you leave them on the wind that around the world is blowing<br \/>\nYou may pay for your silence with your life<\/p>\n<p>Close your eyes, stop your ears<br \/>\nClose your mouth, they&#8217;re never there<br \/>\nAnd if it happens here, they&#8217;ll never come for you<br \/>\nBecause they&#8217;ll know you really didn&#8217;t care<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Solas, &#8220;Song Of Choice&#8221; (1998)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early every year, seeds are growing Unseen, unheard, they lie beneath the ground Would you know before the leaves are showing That with weeds all your garden will abound? 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