Selling The News

Switchfoot

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Chords by: SchrobZen Artist: Switchfoot Song: Selling The News This is not what they play. But I think it’s a good way to play the song using chords. I got the chords from hearing and playing along... So please if you think there’s something wrong let me know! Have fun playing it. VERSE: |--just-mute-strumming--|Em Welcome to the Holy City; the silver screen Built with a lens and a low self esteem A teenager’s plea for meaning and means We’re selling the news See opinions are easier to swallow than facts The greys instead of the whites and the blacks If you shoot it too straight it won’t come back We’re selling the news See money speaks volumes louder than words And virtues with wings maybe not quite at first But salaries are paid by the ads not the verbs We’re selling the news See all men are equal; all is for sale A powerful dog has been chasing his tail The lowest common denominator prevails We’re selling the news CHORUS: I wanna believe you I wanna believe But everything here’s in-between The fact is fiction the fact is fiction I wanna believe you I wanna believe But everything here’s in-between The fact is fiction Suspicion is the new religion |As intelude I play these chords too. But you can INTERLUDE |also think of your own way to go from the chorus to the |verse. VERSE: America listens as the story is told With the eye on the truth as the story unfolds But the ratings determine the story was sold We’re selling the news Begging the question mongering fears Stroking the eyes and tickling ears The truth is seldom just as it appears We’re selling the news CHORUS I can see your talking heads On the television set On the Internet they said The fact is fiction Suspicion is the new religion INTERLUDE... VERSE: Substance oh substance where have you been? You’ve been replaced by the masters of spin Who make good looking books and write history in We’re selling the news The lines start to blur; I get so confused I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues I get binary code mixed up with abuse The facts are simply one option to choose When nothing is sacred there’s nothing to lose When nothing is sacred all is consumed We’re still on the air it must be the truth We’re selling the news LAST CHORUS: I wanna believe you I wanna believe But everything here’s in-between The fact is fiction the fact is fiction I wanna believe you I wanna believe But everything here’s in-between The fact is fiction the fact is fiction I wanna believe you I wanna believe But everything I see is greed The fact is fiction Suspicion is the new religion I end on Em.

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Cette chanson aborde la façon dont les médias manipulent l'information, montrant un contraste entre la réalité et les représentations souvent déformées que l'on peut en avoir. Elle souligne que de nos jours, les opinions sont plus séduisantes et accessibles que les faits, et que l'argent influence fortement ce qui est diffusé. On évoque également la confusion qui règne quand la vérité est noyée dans une mer de mensonges, où la suspicion devient une norme au lieu de la confiance. Le contexte de cette réflexion peut être celui d'une société moderne où l'immédiateté des nouvelles, alimentée par les réseaux sociaux et l'obsession des audiences, semble avoir pris le pas sur la quête de la vérité. Au fond, cette chanson nous invite à questionner ce que l'on nous présente et à chercher une substance au milieu des apparences.

Le Chansonnier