Akira The Don – ST. GEORGE IN RETIREMENT SYNDROME

Akira The Don – ST. GEORGE IN RETIREMENT SYNDROME Lyrics

Artist: Akira The Don
Song: ST. GEORGE IN RETIREMENT SYNDROME

It’s a wonderful phrase that
The late Australian political philosopher
Ken Minogue, came up with
He identified a certain type of person who is keen

On the revolutionary attitude
Keen to be at the barricades
He called it St. George in Retirement Syndrome
St. George, after slaying the dragon

And getting all the acclaim for slaying a dragon
Might, might be tempted to – to go round the land
Finding more dragons, more dragons to slay
And there being a deficit of dragons in the land

Might end up, swinging his sword at smaller, and smaller beasts
Until, eventually, he might be found swinging his sword into thin air
Well, I don’t say that there’s no dragon like thing left to slay in our society
I don’t say that everything is perfect, but

There is a lot in that, in the
Febrile, furious atmosphere of our times
When things have never been better
They’re portrayed as if they’ve never been worse

The febrile, furious atmosphere of our times
When things have never been better
They’re portrayed as if they’ve never been worse
And this – this idea

I understand why people wish they’d been with Martin Luther King
At the march on Washington
I have a few friends who were there
They tell me about it, like, you know

It’s fantastic, it’s thrilling in the telling
I understand that people might want to be there
I understand that some people wish they’d been at the Stonewall Inn
You know – I get that

But I would urge that instead, of thinking, therefore
I will fight as hard now, as they did then
Even if the stakes are minimal, or nonexistent
I would say, why not just, enjoy the fruits

Of your predecessor’s legacy and bravery
And do something better with your life now
St. George, after slaying the dragon
And getting all the acclaim of slaying a dragon

Might, might be tempted to – to go round the land
Finding more dragons, more dragons to slay
And there being a deficit of dragons in the land
Might end up, swinging his sword at smaller, and smaller beasts

After slaying the dragon
And getting all the acclaim of slaying a dragon
Might, might be tempted to – to go round the land
Finding more dragons, more dragons to slay

And there being a deficit of dragons in the land
Might end up, swinging his sword at smaller, and smaller beasts
Until, eventually, he might be found swinging his sword into thin air
Swinging his sword into thin air

Swinging his sword into thin air
The febrile, furious atmosphere of our times
When things have never been better
They’re portrayed as if they’ve never been worse

The febrile, furious atmosphere of our times
When things have never been better
They’re portrayed as if they’ve never been worse
But that isn’t the attitude of our time

The attitude of our time is an audition
After the fact
To be right in the center of a melee
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Release Year: 2022