"Exhuming McCarthy" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh band alternative rock Amerika, R.E.M. Lagu ini mengkritik budaya korporasi, keserakahan, dan ketakutan politik pada awal tahun 2000-an. Lirik yang tajam dan simbolis mengeksplorasi tema-tema ketidakadilan, ketimpangan, dan hilangnya rasa malu dalam mengejar kekuasaan. Lagu ini menjadi lagu kebangsaan bagi mereka yang memprotes maraknya korupsi dan kemerosotan nilai-nilai moral pada saat itu.
Exhuming McCarthy Lyrics
R.E.M.
You're beautiful, more beautiful than me
You're honorable, more honorable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
(It's a sign of the times)
(It's a sign of the times)
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest, united ties
Landed gentry, rationalize
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America
(It's a sign of the times)
(It's a sign of the times)
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met
I'm addressing the real politic
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America
"Let us not assassinate this man further, Senator, you've done enough.
Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted enemy met
I'm addressing the real politic
You've seen start and you've seen quit (I'm addressing the table of content)
I always thought of you as quick
Exhuming McCarthy, exhuming McCarthy (meet me at the book burning)
Exhuming McCarthy, exhuming McCarthy (meet me at the book burning)
You're honorable, more honorable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
(It's a sign of the times)
(It's a sign of the times)
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest, united ties
Landed gentry, rationalize
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America
(It's a sign of the times)
(It's a sign of the times)
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted, enemy met
I'm addressing the real politic
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America
"Let us not assassinate this man further, Senator, you've done enough.
Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
You're sharpening stones, walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
sharpening stones walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Enemy sighted enemy met
I'm addressing the real politic
You've seen start and you've seen quit (I'm addressing the table of content)
I always thought of you as quick
Exhuming McCarthy, exhuming McCarthy (meet me at the book burning)
Exhuming McCarthy, exhuming McCarthy (meet me at the book burning)
