We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nothing Really Changes

from Instigator by Larry Norman

supported by
wetpaintbandri
wetpaintbandri thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Buy the Full Digital Album

about

From the album Upon This Rock, but with the start chopped and an early fade out, making it lyrically different

lyrics

One two [Spoken]
​
​Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die [x2]

If we could live in Shakespeare's days
I wonder who we'd be
If people then could live today
I wonder who we'd see
They'd prob'ly stop a corner cop
And ask what the whole world's coming to
If people then could live today
I wonder what they'd do
Yes I wonder what they'd do

Would Romeo and Juliet watch Nelson Eddy kiss Jeanette
Would Bacchus read Police Gazette
And window peep at silhouettes
Would Caesar pay to see the Mets
Would Icarus join the jet set
Would Satan smoke menthol cigarettes
Would Samson razor with Gilette

Bi di dip'n bow

Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die

Unless we love the Lord

(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die

Would Henry the eighth use etiquette
In a busy New York luncheonette
Would Cleopatra die when bit
Or save herself with a tourniquet
Would Beethoven join a jazz quartet
Would Ben Hur drive a blue Corvette
Would Aristotle be an acid head
Would Cain kill Abel with a bayonet, ah

Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Yeah

Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are till the day that we die
Unless we love the Lord
(Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes
Everything remains the same
We are what we are (till the day that we die) Till the day we die

Unless JC sets you free (Nothing really changes)
Everything remains the same

credits

from Instigator, released April 1, 2003

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Larry Norman image

Larry Norman Los Angeles, California

American musician, singer, songwriter, record label owner, and record producer. Norman had a major influence on artists as diverse as The Pixies, Guns n' Roses, and U2. After his death in 2008 his most well-known album, 1972's Only Visiting This Planet, was selected for inclusion in The United States Library of Congress for its cultural significance and impact on American culture. ... more

live events

contact / help

Contact Larry Norman

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Larry Norman, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now