🌟 Trust, Power, and the Truth We’re Told

Songs about doubt, deception, resistance, and the work of rebuilding trust

When trust is shaken—by leaders, institutions, or the stories we’re told—it’s easy to drift toward cynicism or simply tune out.

These songs in this playlist don’t look away. They question power, confront uncomfortable truths, and remind us that trust, once broken, has to be rebuilt through action, not assumption.

This is music for staying aware, staying engaged, and staying human.

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Trust, Power, and the Truth We’re Told

1. Exhuming McCarthy — R.E.M.

2. Ship of Fools — Grateful Dead

3. The Revolution Starts Now — Steve Earle

4. Blind Willie McTell — Bob Dylan

5. For What It’s Worth—Buffalo Springfield

6. All Along the Watchtower — Bob Dylan

7. Fortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater Revival

8. Ohio — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

9. American Skin (41 Shots) — Bruce Springsteen

10. Dirty Laundry — Don Henley

11. When the President Talks to God — Bright Eyes

12. Biko — Peter Gabriel

13. Which Side Are You On? — Natalie Merchant

14. There Is Power in a Union — Billy Bragg

15. We Can Be Together — Jefferson Airplane

16. Eyes on the Prize — Sweet Honey in the Rock

17. People Have the Power — Patti Smith

18. Move On Up — Curtis Mayfield

19. We Live Again — Beck

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