21st Century Schizoid Man lyrics (feat. Robert Fripp, Maynard Keenan, Jeff Fayman)

21st Century Schizoid Man (feat. Robert Fripp, Maynard Keenan, Jeff Fayman)
Lyrics

[OTheDetective]

One part feels like the battle theme to a JoJo

[madajanwalt]

“We were the first human beings who would never see anything for the first time. We stare at the wonders of the world, dull-eyed, underwhelmed. Mona Lisa, the Pyramids, the Empire State Building. Jungle animals on attack, ancient icebergs collapsing, volcanoes erupting. I can’t recall a single amazing thing I have seen firsthand that I didn’t immediately reference to a movie or TV show. A fucking commercial. You know the awful singsong of the blasé: Seeeen it. I’ve literally seen it all, and the worst thing, the thing that makes me want to blow my brains out, is: The secondhand experience is always better. The image is crisper, the view is keener, the camera angle and the soundtrack manipulate my emotions in a way reality can’t anymore. I don’t know that we are actually human at this point, those of us who are like most of us, who grew up with TV and movies and now the Internet. If we are betrayed, we know the words to say; when a loved one dies, we know the words to say. If we want to play the stud or the smart-ass or the fool, we know the words to say. We are all working from the same dog-eared script.

It’s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from an endless automat of characters.

And if all of us are play-acting, there can be no such thing as a soul mate, because we don’t have genuine souls.

It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.”

[valentine]

I like this cover as mush as the original. Possibly even more.

[starbudgie]

thanks for doing the lyrics. the song has remained a default comment for my appraisal of the world since it first came out until today.

[kicsiszol]

a very worthy cover of a fantastic song
. love it

[HipJipC]

Great cover! Old tune written in the 20th century (1969), one of my favs. Still relevant, especially because of the title and possibly evermore it seems sometimes. Human evolution, where? All recycled, the snake eating it's own tail. Different day, same old human and inhuman personalities repeating the same ol' dramas of duality but living illusions that it's all new and they are unique. Talk about a psychopathy-laden species who can't seem to get their sh*t together and get off the effing merry-go-'round so humanity's future generations can actually claim they've evolved.

[DiegoProgressive]

Maynard Keenan with Robert Fripp, best thing ever

[joeh]

The pioneer's of prog and my favourite vocalist this is amazing

[BonteCDD]

I wish a ten/one hour verison of this existed.

[conradjamestown]

What happened to the original King Crimson version?

[mischievousfish]

Part 12 Jojo protagonist ost going hard 🥶

[lancejessop]

This needs more views. Such a good cover.

[lowkeykarnak]

Since it is Robert Fripp and some other people performing it, can it really be considered a cover? Robert Fripp is the only thing about King Crimson that is consistent. Robert Fripp and some other people performing King Crimson songs, is pretty much what King Crimson is. So, today feels like an early Xmas to me. Maynard was briefly in King Crimson once, temporarily (aren't they all?), and I'm only now getting around to finding out about it.

[zencat]

why is everyone talking "this is a frip and the boys write this?!?!?!? so its NOT a

[YouCanCallMeIz]

Wait a minute. Why is this in a memes playlist by 5 points?

[datamancy]

honestly the original song is way too sparse for my taste (3 verses in 8 minutes???), i'm really into this cover

[leedsunitedfc]

Amazing song, I'm 13 and love it 💕🍥

[KOBKEDX]

this "version" sorta sucks ya know