4 Walls Falling - Culture Shock

4 Walls Falling
Culture Shock
1991

Values And Instabilities
SO MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY CARE
BUT WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO IT
THEIR HEART'S NOT THERE
THEY TURN THEIR BACKS AND CHOOSE NOT TO
SPEAK THEY TURN THEIR BACKS, BECAUSE THE
FEELINGS ARE WEAK ONLY THE STRONG WOULD
DARE DEFY, THE WEAK MORALITY THAT COVERS OUR EYES
AND THOSE WHO DON'T CARE WILL LIVE AND LET
LIVE AND GIVE UP THE CHANCE TO HELP A FRIEND

THE STRONGER THE TIDE, THE HARDER I WILL SWIM
IF I FAIL, I WILL TRY AGAIN.

THE ADVICE THAT WE GET FROM MOST PEOPLE,
IS A CULTURALLY CONDITIONED MESSAGE OF EVIL
ALWAYS DOUBT AN EASY WAY OUT ALWAYS TRY,
OR KISS THE TRUTH GOODBYE
SPEAK OUT USE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
USE YOUR BRAIN TO LEARN AND TEACH
'CAUSE THOSE WHO DON'T CARE WILL STAY UNAWARE
IT'S SO SIMPLE, WE GOTTA LOVE THE PEOPLE

I WILL TRY, AGAIN AND AGAIN

CARING, COMPASSION, TAKING ACTION, THE IGNORANT
CRY SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, IT'S A SOCIAL CONDITION
TO BELIEVE WE' RE NEVER WRONG, LIKE ANIMAL
SLAUGHTER, U.S. WAR IN NICARAGUA, ADVOCATION OF
VIOLENCE FROM A GREEDY MIND, TURNED AROUND IN THE
HEAD YOU THINK IT'S RIGHT, GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO
LEAD YOUR BLISSFUL LIFE.

Culture Shock
CULTURE.....SHOCK!

COMING FROM THE HEART CULTURE SHOCK FEELING
CULTURE — A PEOPLES COMPLETE DESIGN FOR LIVING
PROBLEM WHAT'S WRONG, WRONG, REAL
EDUCATION WELL HERE'S THE DEAL
CORPORATIONS ARE THE MONETARY SOURCE OF
THE SYSTEM, BUSINESS IS BUSINESS AND GOLD GLISTENS
POLITICIANS BOUGHT UP LIKE COMMODITIES
JUSTICE IS AS LIKELY AS A NUCLEAR FREEZE

CULTURE.....SHOCK!

THE SITUATION U.S. CULTURE TEACHES NOT TO CARE
DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY, SO WE STAY UNAWARE
IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, THAT'S HOW WE CARRY ON

THIS ATTITUDE CREATES THE ATMOSPHERE FOR CORRUPTION
TO EXIST IT'S IGNORANCE BLISS, FIGHT THE POWER IS LEFT TO
THE WILL OF THE STRONG

CAREFREE! YET A WORLD OF NEEDS RIGHT OUTSIDE
YOUR BACK DOOR, IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THERE'S MORE
THAN ENOUGH, YET SIMPLE NEEDS MANY CAN'T AFFORD,
LIKE FOOD, WATER, HOUSING, YES THE COMMON NEEDS,
IT'S A PROBLEM YOU TURN AWAY, CLOSE YOUR EYES,
PRETEND IT'S NOT TAKING PLACE

UNDERSTAND, YOUR SECURITY, JUST GETS IN THE WAY
AND YOUR CONDITIONING, MAKES YOU TURN AWAY IT'S
A BAD SITUATION YOU WOULD RATHER JUST IGNORE, SO
YOU JUST IGNORE, YOU JUST IGNORE

Greed
CAN'T YOU SEE, THERE IS A SICKNESS IN SOCIETY
IN WHICH WE LIVE IN, OPPORTUNITIES A SLAP IN THE FACE
FOR THOSE SUPPRESSED BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN,
THE REASON WHY - GREED!, IT STIMULATES CRIME,
SUPPRESSION AND POVERTY, IT DIVIDES US BY RACE, RELIGION
AND WEALTH AND HOLDS US BACK FROM LIVING FREE

IT'S DISGUSTING DREAM AND I'M NOT BUYING IN!
A PHILOSOPHY DEVELOPED BY THE INHUMANE, SOCIETIES
GREATEST SIN. EQUALITY AND LIFE ARE PUSHED ASIDE
FOR PERSONAL, SUCCESS - GREED! FREEDOM IS A JOKE
AND THE SICKEST TASTE, WHEN YOU LIVE IN POVERTY

SEE THE SITUATION ON OF SUPPRESSION ADVOCATING
HATE, GENERATION AFTER GENERATION ARE LOCKED INTO
A CYCLE FROM WHICH THEY CAN'T ESCAPE, A SYSTEM
DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM DOWN THROUGH POOR EDUCATION
AND OVERWHELMING NEEDS, FROM THE DAY WE ARE BORN
WE'LL BE PRAISED OR SCORNED, MONEY TELLS US WHAT WE
CAN ACHIEVE

CAN'T YOU SEE AND UNDERSTAND, THE SITUATION'S OUT
OF HAND, IT'S ALWAYS WORSE THAN BEFORE IT'S TIME
WE HIT THIS AT THE CORE, YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND
WALK AWAY BUT WE'LL CATCH YOU ONE DAY SUPPRESSED,
WILL RISE AND STAND AND FIGHT UNLESS YOU LOOK AND SEE
THE LIGHT - WHAT'S RIGHT!

I Witness
I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO LIVE BY WHAT'S TRUE
THE FACTS DON'T LIE SO FAR THEY'VE GOTTEN ME
THROUGH, DON'T NEED TO ALWAYS DO WHAT'S
WRONG TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S RIGHT, I'VE SEEN
SO MANY FRIENDS GET SWALLOWED UP BY DRUGS,
MY TEACHING, MY PREACHING, YOU DON'T LIKE IT
THAT'S TOUGH YOU BLOW ME OFF, BUT I KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

AFTER ALL I'VE SEEN, SAID AND DONE, I'VE GOT TO
PROVE I'LL STAND HARD AND STRONG, DON'T TELL ME
I'M WRONG! YOU CAN BITCH, SCREAM AND COMPLAIN
TIL YOU'RE BLUE IN THE FACE, BUT THE FACTS WON'T
CHANGE, DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG!

WEIGHED OUT MY OPTIONS, PICKED THE SOLID GROUND
SO GET IT OUT OF MY FACE 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT
AROUND, YOU'RE TREADING ON THIN ICE, THAT COULD
BREAK AT ANY TIME, IT'S A HARD WORLD OUTSIDE SO
YOU GOTTA STAND STRONG, YOU'LL DO WHAT YOU
WILL BUT DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG, YOU RE OUT
OF PLACE WHEN YOU KNOCK ME FOR LIVING STRAIGHT!

DON'T TELL ME I'M WRONG!

I WON T JUST SIT BACK AMONGST THIS POISON
AND SHUT MY MOUTH TIGHT, 'CAUSE I MUST SHARE
THIS SIMPLE TRUTH, I MUST LET IT OUT, KEEP TALKING
ABOUT MY EGO, BUT SOON YOU'LL PAY THE PRICE, SEE
THERE'S A MESSAGE YOU'RE MISSING SO YOU BETTER LISTEN
TWICE THE PROBLEMS NOT MY STANDPOINT IT'S NOT IN
WHAT I SAY BUT RATHER YOUR MISLED DIRECTION
AND WHERE YOU STAND TODAY.

Clense The Soul
LIVING IN A WORLD WHERE THE END
ALWAYS SEEMS SO NEAR, TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO REALLY THINK THEY HAVE NOTHING
TO FEAR, PATRIOTISM TO MATERIALISM IT'S ALWAYS
BEING SHOVED IN MY FACE, IT'S THE PRIZE OF POWER
AND MONEY THAT FUEL THIS FRENZIED PACE

BORN AND BRED TO STAND IN LINE, TO OBEY
AUTHORITY AND FOLLOW BLIND, TO TAKE MY PLACE
IN THIS SENSELESS RACE, BUT I WON'T STEP INTO A
CYCLE THAT I WOULD RATHER BREAK, TIME TO REACH
DEEP DOWN INSIDE, TOUCH MY TRUE SELF AND BRING
IT TO LIFE, CRUSH THE GREEDY BASTARD I WAS BORN
TO BE AND TAKE A STAND IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY

A WORLD SO FULL OF HATRED, VIOLENCE, DEPRESSION
AND FEAR, WITH ILLITERACY, POVERTY AND CRIME
GROWING EVERY YEAR AND THROUGH THIS ALL,
TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO GROW, BUT A STRONGER
MEANS OF DESTRUCTION IS ALL WE EVER HAVE TO SHOW

Intro
INSTRUMENTAL

Search
ALIVE AND KICKING MY WAY OUT, THIS WORLD
MAY BE GOING TO HELL BUT I'M NOT GIVING UP
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT SO I HATE WHAT I SEE, BUT I
GOT TO KEEP KICKING AND PUSHING 'TIL I BREAK FREE

SEARCH FOR RIGHT, IN THIS WORLD FULL OF LIES
SEARCH FOR RIGHT, I'VE GOT TO SURVIVE,
SEARCH FOR RIGHT

I'M ALONE IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE, BUT EVEN IF
ALONE I'M STILL GONNA BREAK OUT, YOU SAY
THERE'5 NO HOPE, NOTHING LEFT TO FIND, COUNT
NOTHING OUT IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND

IT'S A TOUGH WORLD IN THE HARDEST OF TIMES
EXPECT THE BLIND TO LEAD THE BLIND, I KEEP
SEARCHING AND SEARCHING TO FIND SOME SORT OF
TRUTH I'M LOOKING AT THE PRESENT, THE PAST, AND I SEE, .
THE FUTURE'S DIM I MUST BREAK FREE, I KEEP SEARCHING
AND SEARCHING TO FIND SOME SORT OF TRUTH

WHY CAN'T YOU SEE,
WE SHARE THIS WORLD EQUALLY
WHY CAN'T YOU FACE THE TRUTH

YOUR MISTAKES WILL HIT US ALL IN THE FACE
DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT WITH TOXIC WASTE
RAIN FORESTS DEPLETED, THE OZONE LAYER AIMOST GONE
TRUER WORDS NEVER SPOKEN, IT WON'T BE VERY LONG
YOU' RE MAKING MONEY BUT IT'S NEVER ENOUGH
SO WE ALL WILL PAY FOR THE CORNERS YOU CUT
A WISE MAN KNOWS THE END IS NEAR, BUT ONLY THE
CARING CAN TASTE THE FEAR

Price Of Silence
EVERY TIME I, EVERY SINGLE TIME, EVERY TIME I
RAN UP AGAINST YOUR GROWING HATE, I LEFT
IT ALONE, I LEFT IT ALONE, I LEFT IT ALONE

I THOUGHT THAT THE ATTITUDE YOU DISPLAYED
WOULD DISAPPEAR AND GO AWAY, BACK
WITH THOSE HOPES, BACK WITH THOSE DREAMS,
SO I JUST WAITED AND WATCHED

I THOUGHT THAT TIME WOULD PULL IT ALL APART
AND BRING THE LIGHT BACK TO YOUR HEART,
I NEVER REALIZED THE POTENTIAL THREAT BUT
IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE

Filled
NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK MY MIND, WON'T
HIDE WHEN YOUR VIOLENT HATRED FLIES
YES I'LL STAND UP EVERY TIME IT'S A
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT I FEEL
TO STOP THE IGNORANCE THAT I CONFRONT
NO MATTER WHAT I HAVE TO DO

A FEELING SO STRONG TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
AND STOP WHAT'S WRONG, IT FILLS UP INSIDE
OF ME, I REASON TO TRY A TIME TO STAND,
NO TIME TO CRY IT FILLS UP INSIDE OF ME

CAN'T ACCEPT YOUR RACIST VIEWS, LOOKING
FOR A REASON BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THE
HATRED PATH YOU CHOOSE AND OPINION FORMED
THROUGH VIOLENT HATE CAN'T SIT BACK AND LET
IT RIDE WHILE THE ANGER BUILDS UP INSIDE

HATRED FILLS THE IGNORANT MIND, THERE'S NO
RELATION TO SCIENCE, THERE'S TRUTH TO FIND, BUT
NONE IN YOUR STAND, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SO
CALLED CAUSE, AND THE INTELLIGENCE LOST, AND
I'M ASKING WHY, WHY YOU LIVE THAT WAY I JUST
CAN'T SEE, WHY YOU LIVE THAT WAY

Back On Top
LIVING OUT A DREAM, I FOUGHT SO HARD TO HOLD
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE TO LET IT GO, LIVING FOR
THE MOMENT OF EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY, TO HAPPY
AND CONTENT TO SEE WHAT STOOD IN THE WAY

REALITY CUT THE HEART - BUT I'M BACK ON TOP
READY, A BRAND NEW START, BACK ON TOP

LOVE LOST, WASTED EFFORT, BEAT MY HEAD AGAINST
A WALL, I GUESS MY OWN DESTINATION WAS A HARD
FALL I STRUGGLED TO HOLD AS ONE A FEELING MEANT
FOR TWO, FELL IN TOO DEEP I HAD TO SEE IT THROUGH

LOOKING BACK ON THINGS THAT WENT WRONG
I KNOW THE FEELING'S NOT GONE, BUT I'VE GOT
SOME STRENGTH I'VE GOT TO GET SOME BACK, I
FOUND THE SAME PERSON WAS STILL INTACT
NOW AGAIN I'M STRONG, I KNOW WHERE THINGS
WENT WRONG, I CAN SEE THE MISTAKES, AND ALL THE
EFFORT IT TAKES, GET A PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT STILL
REMAINS, ONLY TIME WILL ERASE THE STRAINS, GOT
NOTHING TO HIDE OR FEEL SAD ABOUT, THERE'S NOTHING
INSIDE I HAVE TO DOUBT.

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JADE TREE NUMBER ONE
LAYOUT BY: WILLIAM COLGROVE
COVER PHOTO BY: CHRIS TOLIVER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: TIM OWEN

FOUR WALLS FALLING ENCOURAGES YOU TO BECOME: ENVIRONMENTALLY, POLITICALLY, AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY AWARE OF THE WORLD AROUND YOU. HERE'S A LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO: PETA, ALF, VIRGINIANS FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS, GREENPEACE, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK, GREEN PARTY, AND ORGANIC FARMERS . PUBLICATIONS: MOTHER JONES, 20-20 VISION SUBTEXT, UTNE READER, THE PROGRESSIVE, ON THE ISSUES, IN CONTEXT, COMMUNITY JOBS, THE ANIMALS VOICE, VEGETARIAN TIMES, BUILDING ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES, SIERRA, AND LIES OF OUR TIMES.

Four Walls Falling is:
Bo Steele
Taylor Steele
Kyle Walker
Miky Scheer
Brett Winletter

Recorded at Why Me? Studios April 1990
Engineered by Joe Deluca
Mastered at Future Disc by Eddie Schreyer
Produced by Tim Owen
c 1991
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