Story Behind The Song

I was window shopping in Santa Monica when I was suddenly acutely aware of the superficial, cookie-cutter ideals are saturating our collective consciousness. I get caught up in it too. We all do.

Song Description

Song is about the shallow obsessions of modern-day folk and the lack of originality that future generations will inherit.

Lyrics

Us (music and lyrics by Angela Ramsey)

We dye our hair blonde and act mysterious.
We read all the right novels; it?s all the same to Us.
We sew our names on luggage and fight to pay the dinner bill.
We wallow in the nothing and hand among the nil.
We hang among the nil.

And we look for psychic shelter inside a coffee house,
And we dream of something better; that?s what it?s all about.
And we sell our souls for fast cars, and we pray to foreign films.
And for pleasure and for money, we?d do all again? we?d do it all again.

We decorate our candles with ribbons and with colored dust.
We eat all the right portions; it?s all a game to Us.
We sun ourselves in coffins and swim in troughs of gourmet tea.
The movie stars and big names, that?s all we came to see? that?s all we came to see.

And we look for signs of true love in beads and crystal balls,
Because we want to feel our hearts? beat; we want to feel it all.
And we run away from silence and swallow jars of pills,
And it?s never quite enough to be alive.

And we look for psychic shelter inside a coffee house,
And we dream of something better; that?s what it?s all about.
And we hide our indiscretions and show off fake tattoos,
Because replicas of copies, that?s all we left for you; that?s all we left for you;
That?s all we left for you