Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

Billy Bragg

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Intro: Verse Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it Though that’s impossible to do But too many have invested in this outcome They simply can’t afford for it not to come true We ceded too much power to the market Let it decide what’s right or wrong Now everyone seems willing to lent credence And truth is so devalued it’s going for a song Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the markets to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts Interlude Verse People have had enough of experts And their inconvenient facts Here’s what the media really won’t tell ya Exactly who it is that’s taking control back All opinions are equal In the free market of ideas And truth is nothing more than an opinion That’s the garnered the most likes provoked the loudest cheers Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the markets to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts Interlude Verse There isn’t really any room for dreamers If you have principles that’s nice The market isn’t interested in values Except for those it can define as price All bow to the power of the market Till it throws up a different face If you’re not white or male or compliant The system is designed to keep you in your place Not everything that counts can be counted Holds the markets to account Not everything that counts can be counted Not everything that can be counted counts

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La chanson aborde une critique poignante de notre société axée sur le marché, soulignant que trop de pouvoir a été laissé aux forces économiques qui définissent les valeurs selon des critères matériels. Elle évoque le désenchantement vis-à-vis des experts et des vérités qui semblent souvent manipulées par les opinions populaires. Les idéaux et les rêves, jugés insignifiants par le système, sont mis de côté au profit de profits mesurables, et cela crée une dynamique où certaines voix sont systématiquement étouffées. Dans ce contexte moderne, la recherche d'une vérité objective devient de plus en plus difficile, car tout semble être évalué à l'aune de ce qui peut être compté. Les valeurs humaines et les principes moraux semblent perdus dans cette course à la quantification. La chanson nous invite ainsi à réfléchir sur ce qui a vraiment de l'importance, au-delà des simples chiffres et des impératifs économiques.

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