“Western Man” by Paladin Van Morrison: A song about the plotting and scheming that has subverted our civilization.
Western Man has no plan
'Cause he became complacent
Stopped believing in himself
Let others steal his rewards
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
Others were scheming
Doing deals behind his back
Now Western Man is adrift, and under attack
What happened in between?
Now there’s no other bite of the cherry
Unless he’s prepared to fight
Start on a new path to freedom
New path to freedom
The horse has bolted from the stables
Lunatics have taken over the farm
Caretakers have taken over the main house
Plan to start meetings in the forest
Going back to the way it was
Now just seems near impossible
Western Man has no plan
They stole it while, while he was dreaming
Now there’s no other bite, bite of the cherry
Unless he’s prepared to fight
Start on a new path to freedom
Horse has bolted from the stables
Lunatics have taken over the farm
Caretakers have taken over the main building
The governors have gone over the wall
Plan to start meetings in the forest
Not going back, not going back to the way it was
Western Man has no plan
Since he became complacent
Stopped believing in himself
And let others steal his rewards
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
While he was dreaming
Others were scheming
Scheming while he was dreaming
Others were scheming
While he was dreaming
Others were scheming
While he was dreaming
An extremely violent group is overpowering the majority which prefers non-violence while the violent minority accuses the majority of being hateful and violent.