Bread and Circuses The Romans understood that if they kept the people fed and fat entertained/distracted that the folks with real power could go about expanding what they had. Taking full advantage of the stupid masses keeping them parked on their asses, bellies full minds of fools confused by their eyes and ears attending to, bread and circuses bread and circuses whole wheat superbowls sourdough tractor pulls. [chorus] give us this day our daily circus because only death, can dispel the need for bread and circuses bread and circuses 2,000 years later not a fucking thing’s changed: debates over minimum wage life-altering significance Playoff scenarios and the HUGE One day Sales Event guaranteed to change not just your life but your life AFTER as well {chorus} give us this day our daily circus because only death, can dispel the need: bread and circuses bread and circuses The wind blows, the sun shines the rain falls we hear the calls of meteorologists sexy blond weather girls explaining low pressure systems and to help us plan picnics disaster relief and Bread and circuses Bread and circuses of course, of course. Money is stacked in Senators’ conflict-of-interest, insider traded, blind trusts— never busted (after all, that shit’s his brother-in-laws who makes the deals and holds it all while the other 99% of us try to sort out the complex Playoff pix, head to head or myriad other conceivable tie-breaker fixes. [chorus] give us this day our daily circus because only death, can dispel the need for bread and circuses bread and circuses Nothing’s changed in two millenniums? Simply explained. earth’s has been around for about 5 billion years and for about a hundred-thousand bread and circuses have kept us here bread and circuses have made it clear bread and circuses, oh so dear are all we really need because indeed, species-wise We’re just infants, toddling around banging our heads on the edges of coffee tables; Jesus & the Romans? 2 thousand years is nothing. And this Reversion to perspective Is true, irrespective of whether the Seahawks or the Cardinals will triumph at the circus win the daily bread of bread and circus circus and bread who cares in the end we’ll all be dead no need any more for bread and circus, circuses and bread, no need any more for E S P N or coupon clipping no need any longer for bread and circus circus and bread because [chorus] give us this day our daily circus because only death, can dispel the need for bread and circuses bread and circuses give us this day our daily bread, never mind I’m finally dead never mind I'm finally dead, never mind I tell ya I'm as good as dead
