Prejudice to extremes
You've got primitive cunning
And high tech means
You've got eyes everywhere
But people see through you
You've got good manipulators
Got your store of dupes
You've got the idiot clamour
Or your lobby groups
You like to play on fears
But people see through you
you've got instant communication
instant data tabulation
you got the forces of occupation
but you don't get capitulation
cause people see through you
You've got the sounding brass
You've got the triumph of the will
You do what you want to
And we pay the bills
You hype the need for sacrifice
But people see through you
You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination
And people see through you
you've got lip service tributaries
you've got death fetish mercenaries
you hold the tickets to the cemeteries
you're big and bad and scary
but people see through you
-- Bridgenorth, Texas 8/25/1985
You've got covert action Prejudice to extremes You've got primitive cunning And high tech means You've got eyes everywhere But people see through you You've got good manipulators Got your store of dupes You've got the idiot clamour Or your lobby groups You like to play on fears But people see through you you've got instant communication instant data tabulation you got the forces of occupation but you don't get capitulation cause people see through you You've got the sounding brass You've got the triumph of the will You do what you want to And we pay the bills You hype the need for sacrifice But people see through you You've got anti-matter language Contrived to conceal You've been lying so long You don't know what's real You're a figment of your own imagination And people see through you you've got lip service tributaries you've got death fetish mercenaries you hold the tickets to the cemeteries you're big and bad and scary but people see through you -- Bridgenorth, Texas 8/25/1985 Explain Request ×
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