A Little Opus
Title | A Little Opus |
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Artist | Little Comets |
Album | Life Is Elsewhere |
Release Date | 2012-10-08 |
Description | From Little Comets' website: “I heard an interview a couple of years ago with David Lammy in which he took to task the very safe state school selection policy (if at all….) of top universities… Very few people from certain areas are admitted to these institutions: they don’t even bother looking. Combined with my own educational experiences this got me thinking… When I fumbled across this report by the Sutton trust (http://www.suttontrust.com/research/the-educational-backgrounds-of-mps/1MPs_educational_backgrounds_2010_A.pdf) talking about the make up of cabinet and parliament it became pretty clear that our executive, judiciary and parliament are very skewed institutions populated by other very skewed institutions: it is a closed self fulfilling prophecy that surely does not bode well for decision making on a social policy level… Da da da da. Anyway, this bothered me so I wrote about it… Plus michael gove is surely an android designed to be a glib wrecking ball to the welfare state.” |
Lyrics | [Verse] You feel the weight of imposition Bear heavy on your own decision, decision Fate to face, they multiply The crush of language And the cedent school ties The subtle angles of tradition, tradition [Chorus] Eton for portent St. Paul's for context Oxbridge for vision No need to make this popular One man for progress One man for past tense One man for vision No need to make this popular [Verse] With your school cap blowing in the breeze It's about time That we made education Not a funnel but a wide line Need to youth as Gove to tact One million faces That are staring straight past A mix of ignorance and fission, fission [Chorus] Eton for portent St. Paul's for context Oxbridge for vision No need to make this popular One man for progress One man for past tense One man for vision No need to make this popular You might also like[Outro] I'd rather starve than become a member Of your Old Boys club Sooner depart than see the ascension Of the Bullingdon Because I want to Make a break through A tired addendum to working hard I'd rather starve than become a member Of your Old Boys club Because I want to Make a break through A tired addendum to working hard I'd rather starve than become a member Of your Old Boys club Because I want to Make a break through (I'd rather starve than become a member) A tired addendum to working hard (Of your Old Boys club) Because I want to Make a break through (I'd rather starve than become a member) A tired addendum to working hard (Of your Old Boys club) I'd rather starve than become a member Of your Old Boys club |