The Song "Brainwashed" by George Harrison

[Denise]

The lyrics to this video have quite a bit of truths. What was George Harrison trying to tell us?

Brainwashed Lyrics:
Brainwashed in our childhood
Brainwashed by the school
Brainwashed by our teachers
And brainwashed by all their rules
Brainwashed by our leaders
By our Kings and Queens
Brainwashed in the open
And brainwashed behind the scenes
God God God
A voice cries in the wilderness
God God God
It was on the longest night
God God God
An eternity of darkness
God God God
Someone turned out the spiritual light
Brainwashed by the Nikkei
Brainwashed by Dow Jones
Brainwashed by the FTSE
Nasdaq and secure loans
Brainwashed us from Brussels
Brainwashed us in Bonn
Brainwashed us in Washington
Westminster in London
God God God
You are the wisdom that we seek
God God God
The lover that we miss
God God God
Your nature is eternity
God God God
Your are Existence, Knowledge, Bliss
The soul does not love, it is love itself
It does not exist, it is existence itself
It does not know, it is knowledge itself
How to Know God, pag 130
They brainwashed my great uncle
Brainwashed my cousin Bob
They even got my grandma
When she was working for the mob
Brainwash you while you're sleeping
While in your traffic jam
Brainwash you while you're weeping
While still a baby in your pram
Brainwashed by the military
Brainwashed under duress
Brainwashed by the media
You're brainwashed by the press
Brainwashed by computer
Brainwashed by mobile phones
Brainwashed by the satellite
Brainwashed to the bone
God God God
Won't you lead us through this mess
God God God
From the places of concrete
God God God
Nothing's worse than ignorance
God God God
I just won't accept defeat
God God God
Must be something I forgot
God God God
Down on Bull**** Avenue
God God God
If we can only stop the rot
God God God
Wish that you'd brainwash us too
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare Mahadev
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Hare Hare Hare Hare Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Namah Parvarti Pataye Hare Hare
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva
Shiva Shiva Shankara Mahadeva

 

[Boiling Frog]

Wow, I had no idea George Harrison was into writing such songs about truth. I've never even heard about this song before, thank you for bringing it to my attention and posting it here on the site. Makes me wonder if any of his other songs have any other truths in it?

 

[100th Monkey]

Actually a lot of the Beatles songs have some sort of truth in it that they're trying to get across to people. If you're not Beatles fan you should at least look into the lyrics of some of their songs you'd be pleasantly surprised!

 

[SUNGAZER]

The guy died in 2001, his Brainwashed album was released in 2002, and it took THIS long to get this out? I'm surprised someone didn't discover this sooner.

Anyways, I love the poem of this song. The message is clear, and wonderful. People need to listen.

There are so many hidden messages, hidden right in the open, in music. This is one of many.

Great post!!!