PM's speech on Independence Day and Leonard Cohen

Last evening I had the occasion to listen to some old numbers from the 70s and 80s at a friend's place. He had the lyrics of the songs rolling on his large TV screen for good measure. Some time late into the music session he played this wonderful number called Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen.Everybody knows that the dice are loadedEverybody rolls with their fingers crossedEverybody knows that the war is overEverybody knows the good guys lostEverybody knows the fight was fixedThe poor stay poor, the rich get richThat's how it goesEverybody knowsEverybody knows that the boat is leakingEverybody knows that the captain liedEverybody got this broken feelingLike their father or their dog just diedFor some reason, however, I could only think of the Prime Minister's soppy speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort in the morning. Everybody knows.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuuCezrAUKk[/youtube]