sorrow (Bad Religion) on piano

*From Youtube (Alex Sandweiss).  Most of Bad Religion's songs are composed on piano, so covers like this are not uncommon.  Well, this one is particularly amazing.*

the dodo (bad religion)

*Another rare Bad Religion song.  Easy to see why these rare tracks didn't make it to albums.  They have an appeal to the faithful, though.  I don't know how you can be alive and aware and not feel this way, especially in these unusual times.*

I see a white-haired man
he's got a suit on and
he's telling people
how they're supposed to live
nobody's listening
to the politician
no matter what sage advice he has to give

he's got a clumsy, outdated m.o.
and he's come to a fork in the road
and there is only one direction to go

among the commuters
dwarfed by the skyscrapers
I watch the countless millions fighting for space
see hateful, petty acts
disjointed images
and can't believe that I'm one of the same race

we're all just struggling to cope
and we've come to a fork in the road
as we watch our foundations erode
there is only one direction to go

it's the way of the dodo
such a noble destiny
it's the waltz of desperation
passed along to you and me
the way of the dodo

it's the gray stuff in your head
it's the pulse of the living
and the voices of the dead
the way of the dodo.

anthem

There is an anthem
in here somewhere
there's got
to be a way
there is the rolling
of the thunder
and the skies are melting
on my window panes
summer is reluctant
to turn over the keys
but it's hard to ignore
the cicadas in the trees

in every season
there is wonder
in every sunrise
there is hope
there is my anthem
there, in the sky
seasons will always change
so there is hope
for you and I.