We are broken, we are bitter, we’re the problem
Wednesday, May 17th, 2006
“We are the faded, splintered and sedated”
We’re all trying to make ourselves appear new, or that we’ve got it all together. We’re all hurting in some way and the temporary sedative gets chosen before the everlasting Savior. A ‘quick fix’ may not be a fix after all. Politicians can’t fix our sin problem - and neither can we. Only God can change our hearts for good. A song on Switchfoot’s album ‘Nothing Is Sound’ touches on that…
Everything is broken, everything is broken
Everything is breaking down, breaking down
Everything is bleeding, everything is bleeding
Everything is breaking down, breaking down
I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians
Watching for my sky gets torn apart
We are broken, we are bitter
We’re the problem, we’re the politicians
Watching for our sky to get torn apart
Come on and break me
Entropy and aching, where have we been aiming
Everything is fading out, fading out
We are the faded, splintered and sedated
Everything is fading out, fading out
Switchfoot - ‘Politicians’ 
We played this one downtown in Washington DC, surrounded on all sides by the government buildings. You see, I believe in democracy because I mistrust all humanity equally, (including myself). Power corrupts us all and we become political, (in the worst connotation of the word). We become simply pawns of our own insatiable hunger for control. Maybe control is a myth, like Santa Claus or the easter bunny: a nice fable that makes the children want to be good all year round. Well, seems to me there’s a monster in all of us. I pledge allegiance to a nation without borders, without pride, without politicians like ourselves. - Jon Foreman
