Superweeds Songtext
von The Herd

It is time to act

It′s not about what I cannot do
I'm gonna try not to waste today
Break my pattern into something new
I gotta hear what I need to say
It′s not about what I cannot do
I'm gonna try not to waste today
Break my pattern into something new
I gotta hear what I need to say

I try to think global, remain hopeful, act local
Necessarily vocal and so social
I ate, now I'm so full
In total to excess, on the plate there′s nothing left
Gotta take it to the chest
Complete it like a test, or maybe not

Should I not be saying yes, knowing when to stop?
Looking for the best place for a great feast


In the US half the population is obese
We follow suit, move your feet if you can see ′em
Seems we're all consumers but rarely human beings
The suits got controls, caviar and gold plates
Environment breaks down more waste
We grow food, genetically engineer more food
All processed through these factories
To force you to get in touch with your chemical side
Your pesticide

This whole enterprise makes me question why
We′ve got it so wrong

One too many swan songs
Is sustainability long gone or what?

Am I right to call out these criticisms?
A full-bellied outspoken straight contradiction
I look into the face of those who are starving
Asking myself am I just making noise
With half the planet poised
Waiting for an answer, I hold my place in the protest with an anchor

It's not about what I cannot do
I′m gonna try not to waste today
Break my pattern into something new
I gotta hear what I need to say

I try to think global, remain hopeful, act local
Necessarily vocal and so social

I'm noble as the next man and that′s generally poor


We're self-absorbed and hard to the claw
And in order to afford it, whack it on the plastic
Snap it like a brittle wooden matchstick
Come with me, to gluttony
Accumulate and destroy, repudiate and deploy
Rejuvenate and enjoy
Hormone-injected burgers make them little cattle bones grow quicker
The skin sits but quivers
These god damn fast food chains

Food looks strange
Let alone anything like their ads claim

Marketed to families, get 'em young
Do the sums, sell it by the ton, where to run?

One ad campaign across the whole planet
So we can sing the same jingle they branded

This is my candlelit vigil
I′m staying fearful
We got pulled in by a lame ritual
I′m not a rock, I think, despite what I'm not, I sink
It′s over when we blink, in unison on the brink
Will I pump myself up with more pharmaceuticals?

Add more life to my expectancy
It may affect your pregnancy

But it might be profitable

Jump blindly into whatever's possible

It′s not about what I cannot do
I'm gonna try not to waste today
Break my pattern into something new
I gotta hear what I need to say

I try to think global, remain hopeful and act local
Necessarily vocal and so social
I try to remain hopeful, think global
Act necessarily vocal and local, so social
And so global, remain hopeful, act local
Necessarily social, necessarily hopeful
Acting local, think global