Song #6: Save the Changes

The sixth song in our order is “Save the Changes”, which, to be blunt, might be the most in-the-moment song in our repertoire, even though it was written a couple decades back.  The title is the refrain, and, yes, as we undergo changes in our world today, it should be pointed out that some things have been changed for the good and need to be saved. “Save the Changes” is built on a classic punk riff but  also features soaring musical orchestration as Jim does his best single-guitar Agent Orange imitation and the band cuts loose for the entire end of the song.

There is no favorite line. The more these lines get read, the better.  Here ‘s the whole thing:

SAVE THE CHANGES

So much history,

So much debt stacked endlessly,

We store it in machines,

But they don’t have the memory-

The special word programs

Are making short work of the ages,

But what has really been done lately,

And where’s our way to liberty wandered?

Save the changes,

‘Cause once they’re gone, 

They may never come back

Save the changes,

We may never be back

This way again . . .

There’s no story to tell,

There is just this situation,

We ponder through the piles,

Searching for a panacea-

Lately its been better,

Tomorrow not so sure,

I think it’s changing as we speak.

More like it was before . . .

Save the changes,

We’ve come too fucking far

to turn back-

Save the changes,

Some day it’ll come out

Sounding right-

Nothing is ever finished,

The editing goes on and on,

We take what we can handle,

We share what we can understand-

The special word programs

Hold the keys to generations,

Everything we work for,

Echoes throughout time

Save the changes,

‘Cause once they’re gone, 

They may never come back

Save the changes,

We may never be back

This way again . . .