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Change Your Mind Rainman

Change Your Mind Rainman. If I thought you'd ever change, you're wrong You're wrong You're wrong This isn't some hidden mystery - this is recent history This white fella drops topics at the top of his esophagus * About issues of prominence* across this stolen continent

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Change Your Mind Rainman

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  1. Change Your MindRainman

  2. If I thought you'd ever change, you're wrong You're wrong You're wrong This isn't some hidden mystery - this is recent history This white fella drops topics at the top of his esophagus* About issues of prominence* across this stolen continent A consequence of considering endless sentiments* Expressing discontent* has turned me to a dissident* But this event isn't necessarily negative I'll take these things and flip ‘em, turn them into a positive That's why I feel we need to try and heal this wounded space This landscape aches from what's taken place This isn't some hidden mystery, this is recent history

  3. Listen, you can hear its echo lingering And it'll remain when little has changed All we do is pass the blame for these indelible* stains Like "It wasn't me", "I didn't do it", "It's not my problem""I've had it hard, I've made it far, it's up to them to solve it” True in a sense but this institutions* who we living Whose schools, whose legal system and whose clinic Who educates, who legislates* and evaluates Who desecrates*, who appropriates* and dominates Colonisation* isn't finished with, it's just so embedded* we're missing it One of much white privileges

  4. I've got a million words, if you could feel the hurt If I could change (YOUR MIND...) I'd shout everyone a round, yeah everyone in town If I could change (YOUR MIND...) I'd throw a speech at all I mean, like a preacher in the street If I could change (YOUR MIND...) I'd be down the backyard waving round a placard If I could change (YOUR MIND...)

  5. I'd be the first to say this country is a great place But if we call it 'home' there is a few things we must face This is a nation made from murder, the theft of land And the denial of rights we must understand Yeah, they call it "Black Armband"* but these things are facts and it’s time to Acknowledge what's happened Cause tomorrow songs are made from today's sounds Today's cacophony* - of course it has a background In savage massacres, protection acts and dispossession* Missions and reserves, cultural repression* The colonial legacy - a cycle of violence The political strategy - denial and silence And it's a whitewash that works wonders on sane citizens It wipes away what our hearts have been whispering But more are giving in, hearing and listening It's time to realise whose country it is we're living in 

  6. This isn't some hidden mystery - this is recent history This isn't some hidden mystery - this is recent history This isn't some hidden mystery - this is recent history This isn't some hidden mystery Listen... You can hear its echo lingering...

  7. Glossary *esophagus – top part of the throat *prominence – importance *sentiments – emotional thoughts *discontent - unhappiness *dissident – rejects popular ideas *indelible – impossible to erase *institution – organisation or establishment *legislates – when governments make laws *desecrates – disrespects and harms *appropriates – makes it their own *Colonisation – taking over another country *embedded – has become a vital part of something *Black Armband – the term for an overly negative evaluation of Australia’s history. The term refers to the historic practice of wearing a black cloth armband when you are in mourning. *cacophony – loud noise *Protection acts and dispossession – past laws which removed Aboriginals from their communities and traditional land*repression – stopping something

  8. Change Your Mind- Questions 1.   What is this song about? 2.   “That's why I feel we need to try and heal this wounded spaceThis landscape aches from what's taken place…”What poetic technique is used here? What effect does this have on the listener? (How does it make them feel?) 3.   Rainman accuses people of trying to ‘pass the blame’. What are two examples of this that he uses? Do you agree or disagree with them? 4.   How is repetition used effectively in the chorus of the song? What main idea is made clear?

  9. 5.  What is the double meaning of the term ‘whitewash’? (Tip: You might need to look this up) 6.   There are lots of negative ideas explored in this song but there is a change of tone in the line“But more are giving in, hearing and listening”What emotion is expressed in this line? 7.   What does the term recent history mean? 8.   Do you agree with the ideas expressed in this song? Do you think it has a positive message for young people? Why or why not?

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