Bob and Tom’s art of the sound and the fury… 9/11, lyrics inside

Bob Mori is an artist I really admire. His output is prolific, his imagination mushrooms like a cloud, incises like hard rain.

He is a child of the late 70s, and still has his mind on the art and the fury of the politics then.

But he is focused on the thundering road ahead.

Bob was born inside the bold and searing architecture of Chicago with the blues in the air at night.

Now he lives in the glitter of Los Angeles.

Way back he worked on the opening montage for Saturday Night Live and his first feature was the remake of Japanese horror Kairo, by Dimension Films.

And then in 2006 there was Pulse, ghosts invading the world of the living through the Internet.

This is what Bob said after reading our story – Biden’s Forgetful Heart – to mark the anniversary of the obliteration of the Twin Towers and of all those good people who, one way or the other, had their lives snatched away by hatred.

“Don’t let anyone tell you that George W Bush, Dick Cheney and their band of war profiteers are heroes. They led us into disastrous wars based on lies that cost $8 trillion and over a million lives.”

I admire Bob Mori.

He sent this video to us, it’s a powerful indictment of America – and our world – by St Louis musician and lyricist Tom Wood. Bob directed and edited the film.

All I really know is that Tom Wood has been around for 30 years. But I do want to know more about him…

The lyrics…

One deception then another
when a child lies to his Mother
then another and another
one deception of our Mother
what other Earth can we cling to
don’t be fooled by that TV
use your mute, wisely
kill the monster rape the beast
embrace the thing you love the least
take a break take a breath
tell yourself i aint quit yet
they bring it up they force it in
get us looked like heroin
kill our kids take our cash
they watch me taking out my trash
you know it sucks you know it blows
why pretend like no one knows
open your eyes open your mind
learn to read get off rewind.
> CHORUS 
Nation Building, Life fulfilling, We are drilling, Keep on filling, We are willing, keep on killing
Keep on Drilling, So fulfilling ]
for those who believe war makes sense
think greed is just coincidence 
and more and more incompetence
will be bought with influence
no big surprise here we are
billions spent on an endless war
blame it on stupidity  a lame excuse for history
Or . . one boy’s life.

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