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The Illusion Of Freedom

Democracy fails when it serves not the people
But private interests and debt
And of course the politicians will never learn to listen
When it takes us only five years to forget
All the promises broken, all the lies that were spoken
Scandal, austerity and war
‘Let’s give the other ones a go, maybe this time they’ll show
That they’ve learned from their mistakes before’

Peasants and wage slaves build their towers and stadiums
Their temples and stately homes
Pay the price with their lives, their land and their pride
Broken dreams and broken bones
While the rich and famous, deluded and dangerous
Are worshiped, lauded and loved
TV screen deities in the church of celebrity
Beamed down from the heavens above

Reject, refuse, invite, include
Every day I live a lie and every day I wonder why?

No fingers crossed and no love lost
When those with so much have the most to lose
Ideologies burn and empires crumble
When injustice is rife no one snuffs out the fuse
His masters voice, her lack of choice
Our fears unfold before our eyes
Collective frustration and cultural sedation
Competition and commerce are entwined with our minds

The closer we stay to the peg the longer the chain is allowed to be
But the chain must remain and obedience maintained to sustain the illusion we’re free
The more closed off within our heads the more disciplined and docile we become
But open your mind and you just might find that losing control can be so much fun
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from To The Great Calamity Of The Inhabitants, released October 28, 2016

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Formerly Brighton's longest running and laziest anarchoprogdubskapunkfuckyou band. Now residing all over the shop in the good, clean and honest south of England. Keeping it vaguely real since 2009.

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