Quotes for Concept Statement

Paramore "Conspiracy"
Please speak softly, for they will hear us
And they'll find out why we don't trust them
Speak up dear, 'cause I cannot hear you
I need to know why we don't trust them

Explain to me this conspiracy against me
And tell me how I've lost my power

Where can I turn? 'Cause I need something more
Surrounded by uncertainty, I'm so unsure
Tell me why I feel so alone
'Cause I need to know to whom do I owe

Explain to me this conspiracy against me
And tell me how I've lost my power

I thought that we'd make it
Because you said that we'd make it through
And when all security fails
Will you be there to help me through?

"Misguided Ghosts"
I'm going away for a while
But I'll be back
Don't try to follow me
'Cause I'll return as soon as possible
See, I'm trying to find my place
But it might not be here where I feel safe
We all learn to make mistakes...

And run from them, from them
With no direction
We'll run from them, from them
With no conviction

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
Bruce Barton

Men of authority have employed all the destructive agents around them to promote their own personal interests at the sacrifice of every just, honorable, and lawful consideration.
John White Geary

Lies, deception
back-stabbing, revenge
that's the world I live in
so many people have taken advange of me
without sorrow, without regret ~Unknown

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
Sallust

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Deadly Weapons

We have the right to state opposition the thirst for power and profit we're members of the family now bitter memories still haunt deadly weapons life shells are not the only danger we shoot we ride fast we shoot again terminal friends soldiers of fortune awake all night, I'll wait all night, I'll wait for the light lookin' at the wall should I stay or should I go we have the right to state our position the crave for profit and power dismembered from the family now waiting for a final call deadly weapons life shells are not the only danger we shoot we ride fast we shoot again terminal friends soldiers of fortune awake all night... lookin' at the wall the poverty surrounding me the treasure that no one can see the poverty surrounding me the bloody hands that hold the key

Evanescene "Everybody's Fool"
Perfect by nature
Icons of self indulgence
Just what we all need
More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be
Have you no shame? Don't you see me?
You know you've got everybody fooled

Look here she comes now
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending
But now I know she

Never was and never will be
You don't know how you've betrayed me
And somehow you've got everybody fooled

Without the mask, where will you hide?
Can't find yourself lost in your lie

Gorefest, "False"

Expose yourself As being honest living a good Christian life Pretend to care for the really poor With your charity they'll survive TV-shows to raise huge funds For refugees left to die Flee from poverty, caused by war Fought with weapons your provided