Chris Catalyst, Neil Gaiman - Make Good Art Lyrics

We're in a transitional world right now
The rules, the assumptions, the 'now-we're-supposed-to's of how you get your work seen
They're breaking down
The old rules are crumbling
And nobody knows what the new rules are
So make up your own rules
You have no idea what you are doing
This is great
People who know what they're doing know the rules
And they know what is possible and what is impossible
You do not
And you should not
If you don't know it's impossible
It's easier to do
'Cos nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that particular thing again
And where would be the fun in making something you knew was going to work
Sometimes life is hard
And when things get tough
This is what you should do
Make good art
All we are is art. Art is all we are
All we are is art. Art is all we are
All we are is art
If you have an idea of what you were put here to do
Just go and do that
Make good art
Make art
You have the ability to make art
The one thing that you have, that nobody else has, is YOU
Your voice
Your mind
Your story
Your vision
Gender offender, race with the racists
Brain in the blender, Stockholmed by stasis
Make good art
Welfare agenda ruin relations
No other option but making creation
Make good art
Now go and make interesting mistakes
Make amazing mistakes
Make glorious and fantastic mistakes
Break rules
Leave the world more interesting for your being here
Make good art
Make good art

We're in a transitional world right now
The rules, the assumptions, the 'now-we're-supposed-to's of how you get your work seen
They're breaking down
The old rules are crumbling
And nobody knows what the new rules are
So make up your own rules
You have no idea what you are doing
This is great
People who know what they're doing know the rules
And they know what is possible and what is impossible
You do not
And you should not
If you don't know it's impossible
It's easier to do
'Cos nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that particular thing again
And where would be the fun in making something you knew was going to work
Sometimes life is hard
And when things get tough
This is what you should do
Make good art
All we are is art. Art is all we are
All we are is art. Art is all we are
All we are is art
If you have an idea of what you were put here to do
Just go and do that
Make good art
Make art
You have the ability to make art
The one thing that you have, that nobody else has, is YOU
Your voice
Your mind
Your story
Your vision
Gender offender, race with the racists
Brain in the blender, Stockholmed by stasis
Make good art
Welfare agenda ruin relations
No other option but making creation
Make good art
Now go and make interesting mistakes
Make amazing mistakes
Make glorious and fantastic mistakes
Break rules
Leave the world more interesting for your being here
Make good art
Make good art