For That Misery Of The Spirit
That Is Betrayed In The Set Of A Face
There Can Be No Statistics
Thursday November 21 2024~~~If this is not today's date, refresh page for updated version.
There is no cosmetic for our frustrations If upon my tears you build the utopia of which you dream Beware !
They lie We die
What right is it that others lives Are yours to have and hold and bind ? It's your definitions that they die for Your security that they bleed for
They take away our freedom In the name of liberty
No One On Earth Has Blood That's Blue
ROYALTY.
How can these people be elevated and held in respect as examples of decency ?. Without meaning to sound as if i'm Jesus Christ 'the second'. If i had a fraction of their wealth i would be building and funding Hospitals, Health Care and Education. That is the measure of decency and good. Instead they pass down amongst a small family circle from generation to generation money and riches they could never hope to spend.
Let's not forget either, that they are merely the inheritors of their ancestors greed, theft and murder. They are true obscenity.
Those who cheer the loudest Are the most oppressed
Same old stuff, you've heard it all before Is it about the system or is it war ? Well if you don't like it, tough 'Cos i'm the same old monkey in the same old zoo With the same old message trying to get through If what i've got to say is always much the same It's because the game the system plays is still the same
Senile idiots in their seats of power Ancient rotting corpses breathing horror by the hour They're lovers of death those creeps Screwing our earth as our earth weeps
Iron ladies, steel men Waiting for the war to start again Blood lusting nutters plan death for us all They'll be hiding in their bunkers as we watch the missiles fall
Damn the politically minded, here's something i want to say About the state of the nation and the way it treats us today Don't take any notice of what the public think They're so hyped up with t.v. they just don't want to think They used to call me sweet thing, but i'm nobody's plaything Now they don't want me anymore, because i threw it on the floor
Now that i'm different, they'd love to bust my head They'd love to see me cop out, love to see me dead
When one voice rules the nation just because they're top of the pile Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest The voices of the people are falling on deaf ears Our politicians all become careerists
They must declare their interests, but not their company cars Is there more to a seat in parliament than sitting there for years ? And the best of all this bad bunch are shouting to be heard Above the sound of ideologies clashing
Outside the patient millions who put them into power Expect a little more back for their taxes Like school books, beds in hospitals And peace in our bloody time All they get is old men grinding axes
Who've built their private fortune on the things they can rely The courts, the secret handshake The stock exchange and the old school tie For god and queen and country, all things they justify God bless the civil service the nation's saving grace While we expect democracy, they're laughing in our face And although our cries get louder, their laughter gets louder still
The party that became so powerful by sinking foreign boats Is dreaming up new promises, because promises win votes Being resolute in conference, the ad-man's expertise The majority by their silence shall pay for days like these
The right to build communities is back behind closed doors Between government and people stands the right arm of the law And shame upon the patriot, the mark of the bulldog breed Is a family without a home, is a pensioner in need
I shout in the street and you take my voice This sham of democracy leaves no choice
You choose your leaders and place your trust Their lies weigh you down as their promises rust You'll see kidney machines replaced by rockets and guns Nuclear text books for atomic crimes, our earth in ruins
The public gets what the public wants Well, i want nothing that society's got I don't care what this society wants I'm going underground
What will you do when the gas taps turn ? Where will you be when the bodies burn ? Will you just watch as the cattle trucks roll by ? Pretend it isn't happening, turn a blind eye Have you seen the army convoys quitely passing by ? Heard the helicopters in your little bit of sky ? Have you seen the squad cars packed with boys in blue ? Have you ever wondered what they're there to do ?
Pictures in the papers of soldiers in the street Pictures in the history books of rotting human meat Auschwitz's now a tourist spot for the goggle-eyed to pry Still in working order for you and i Photo's of the victim's of gas, of gun, of bomb Inheritance of violence in the bookshelves of your home Don't wait for it to come to you, 'cos come it surely will The guardians of the state are trained to search, destroy and kill
There's people at this moment sitting with fingers on the trigger There's loyalty and royalty to make their violence figure Allegiance to the flag they say as they lock the prison door Allegiance to normality, that's what lobotomies are for Propaganda on the airwaves, the way to live It's not for you or me, the alternative
They look for peace with a thousand squaddie boys Torture in their mental home, is another of their ploys They'll keep us all in line, by christ, they'll keep us on our toes But if we stand against their power, we'll see how violence grows Read it in the paper about rebellious youth But it's them that are so violent, it's them that hide the truth Stay in line or pay the cost, do you think they care when another life is lost ? From coshes at Southall it's just a small leap To ashes at Auschwitz, life is cheap
Don't think they won't do it, 'cos they already do But this time round the pawns are me and you
Those of us who stand against the status quo Do so against all odds We cling so closely together Because we have little other than ourselves
Two little children rise at dawn Bubbling with life after one little yawn
Weapon makers soaring shares As a playing child is caught unawares No sane mind could ever make sense Of the slaughter of the innocents
One little babes sparkling eyes One little babe bleeding lies One little babes happy heart One little babe torn apart One in the west has the best One in Palestine, minimal lifeline
To the benefit of nations pacts Comes about these evil acts Devils all, how dare you show your face Obscenities committed for which even hell feels disgrace
I could be a soldier Go out there and fight to save this land Be a people's soldier, paramilitary gun in hand I won't be a soldier I won't take orders from no one They can keep their armies, killing isn't my idea of fun
I could be a hero Live and die for their important cause A united nation or an independent state with laws And rules and regulations that merely cause Disturbances and wars
Still they come up to me With a different name and same old face I can see the connection With another time and another place
They want to waste my life I'm not gonna be taken in I've heard their story many times before And every time i've thrown it out the door
Neat little labels to keep us all apart Keep us all divided, for when the troubles start
Boring old politics that will get us all shot Left wing, right wing, you can keep the lot Keep your petty prejudices, i don't see the point Anarchy and freedom is what i want
External control are you going to let them get you ? Do you want to be a prisoner in the boundaries that they set you ? You say you want to be yourself, by christ do you think they'll let you ?
Hello, hello, hello, this is the lord god can you hear ? Hellfire and damnation's what i've got for you down there On earth i have ambassadors, archbishops, vicar, pope We'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope We're telling you you'd better pray, because you were born in sin Right from the start we'll build a cell, and then we'll lock you in We sit in holy judgement condemning those that stray We offer our forgiveness, but first we'll make you pay
Hello, hello, hello, now here's a message from your queen As figurehead of the status quo, i set the social scene I'm most concerned about my people, i want to give them peace So i'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police My prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors For those amongst my subject who dare to ask for more Unrulyness and disrespect are things i can't allow So i'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow
Then there's the prime sinister's, presidents, armies and police Who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there Guarding national heritage, no matter what or where Palaces for kings and queens, mansions for the rich Protection for the wealthy, defence of privilege Fighting for the ruling classes in their battle against the poor
Round every other corner stands p.c. 1984 Guardian of the future, he'll implement the law He's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do Big brother's system's always there with his beady eye on you From god to local bobby, in home and street and school They've got your name and number while you've just got their rule We've got to look for methods to undermine those powers It's time to change the tables, the future must be ours
But no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game If you don't want to be a number, don't give them your name If you don't want to be caught out, refuse to hear their question Silence is a virtue use it for your own protection They'll try to make you play their game, refuse to show your face If you don't want to be beaten down, refuse to join their race
Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do I am he and she is she but you're the only you No one else has got your eyes, can see the things you see It's up to you to change your life, my life's up to me If you don't like the life you live, change it now, it's yours Nothing has effect, if you don't recognize the cause If the programme's not the one you want, get up, turn off the set It's only you that can decide, what life you're going to get
The system might have got you, but it won't get me
Democracy's a con job, they've got you fooled If you step out of line they'll have you pulled You can't go against them, it ain't allowed So watch your step, hide in the crowd
The system is there, the system will stay The system will rule, o.k. Birth control, life control, death control Education of their wrong and right Of their order and of their law Don't take it, it's just a con Don't take it, you know it's wrong
OBJECT, REFUSE, REJECT, ABUSE.
There's lots of worthwhile jobs for the lad who wants to know The police force offers chances for a bright intelligent lad To interfere with anyone, 'cos they're there, just to be had It offers quite a range for aggression and for spite Take all you're frustrations out in a justifiable light It's a man's life in the army, good pay and lots of fun Stab them with your bayonet, shoot them with your gun There's lots of chances in this land of hope and glory Try and make your own rules, that's a different story
The police smash, the police break The police have made a big mistake
Guilty copper on the t.v. screen So obscene
I cannot find the words to describe my utter contempt At the cancer inflicted by a policeman's lies
No peace as my rage burns No sleep as i restlessly turn My mind afire, a seething cauldron of despair Shackled for now, simmering, festering, bubbling Boiling, one day it will explode, then they begin their suffering
You wicked people stabbing hard, grabbing while the going's good Administrator's vicious smile, dancing on the body pile Slipping your sly fingernails into impaled flesh on the battlefields The decaying corpses help you up to your position at the top
You stack your dead heroes With no more thought than some accountant at their work It's your heartless failures they protect While you deny the shame of your neglect All you can see is your brutal success, damn the dead and fear the mess
You cheat and lie and jargonize, that your success is also ours While your ambition scrapes the living dry Your solutions are archaic battlecries
Progress through self-sacrifice, feed it up with national pride You betray the dead as you curse life Death pusher, you raid the bodies of the dead Don't talk of justice or respect you filth soaked armchair moralist You bind the baby as it crawls Crush it's head, the soft new skull Burst it's brain, keep it dull You own it's mind you murderous thief And grind it down with bloodied teeth
The face that stares back from the mirror Reflects the reality of your horror So don't tell me you care, go away to your fortress Leave us out of your madness This is our world
This country tells us that we're down and out Got to suffer to get things moving Say it's up to me and you
Well look around, see who's got the goods Not you and me They aren't suffering, no, not for us They're masquerading like deceivers must
How is it that the small and mealy-minded have gained so much power ? What perversion has taken place that we are governed by fools ?
They keep their power, because their fingers on the button They've got control, won't let it be forgotten The truth of their reality is at the wrong end of a gun The proof of that is widespread and that's no fun Seeing the squaddy lying in the front yard Seeing the machine gun resting on the fence Finding the entrance to your own front door is barred They've got the nerve to call it defence Seems their defence is just a threat of strength
Protection for the privileged at any length The government protecting their profit from the poor The rich and the fortunate chaining up the door Afraid that the people might ask for a little more
Defence, it's nothing less than war And no one but the government knows what the hell it's for Oh yes, they say it's defence, they say it's decency Mai Lai, Hiroshima, know what i mean ?
And their systems, they're everywhere School, army, church, the corporation deal A messed up reality, based on fear A conspiracy to stop you feeling real
Why should freedom be at best a dream ? At worst, an insulting privilege ?
The boundaries are becoming narrower as the state becomes more paranoid Under authoritarian rule conformity becomes the only security Fear is a powerful weapon against human development Cowering in our temples of self there's little chance of change
The state is aware of that, the bomb serves many functions If fear of the omnipotent god is no more The nuclear father will govern with his shepherds crook Drawing his flock closer to the valley of the shadow of death
System, system, we're not your pretty girls System, system, we're not your little girls System, system, we're not frightened by your lies System, bloody system, we ain't got no dream to die
System, system, we're not your pretty boys System, system, we're not your little toys System, system, we've seen through your fear System, bloody system, we don't want your terror here
You talk about revolution, well, that's fine But what are you going to be doing come the time ? Are you going to be the big man with the tommy-gun ? Will you talk about freedom when the blood begins to run ? Well, freedom has no value if violence is the price Don't want your revolution, i want anarchy and peace You talk of overthrowing power with violence as your tool You speak of liberation and when the people rule Well, ain't it people rule right now, what difference would there be ? Just another set of bigots with their rifle sights on me
But what about those people who don't want your new restrictions ? Those that disagree with you and have their own convictions You say they've got it wrong because they don't agree with you So when the revolution comes you'll have to run them through You say that revolution will bring freedom for us all Well, freedom just ain't freedom when your back's against the wall Will you indoctrinate the masses to serve your new regime ? And simply do away with those whose views are too extreme ? It's just the same old story of man destroying man We've got to look for other answers to the problems of this land
It all seems very easy this revolution game But when you start to really play thing's won't be quite the same Your intellectual theories on how it's gonna be Don't seem to take into account the true reality 'Cos the truth of what you're saying as you sit there sipping beer Is pain and death and suffering, but of course you wouldn't care What's the freedom of us all against the suffering of the few ? That's the kind of self-deception that killed ten million jews Just the same false logic that all power-mongers use
Don't think you can fool me with your political tricks Political right, political left, you can keep your politics Government is government and all government is force Left or right, right or left, it takes the same old course Oppression and restriction, regulation, rule and law The seizure of that power is all your revolution's for
You romanticize your heroes, quote from Marx and Mao Well their ideas of freedom are just oppression now Nothing's changed for all the death that their ideas created It's just the same fascistic games, but the rules aren't clearly stated Nothing's really different, because all governments the same They can call it freedom, but slavery is the game
Pacified ?, Classified ?, You're already dead. Keep in line, you're doing fine Lost your voice, there ain't no choice Play the game, silent and tame Be the passive observer sit back and look At the world they destroyed and the peace they took Ask no questions, hear no lies And you'll be living in the comfort of a fool's paradise If you're the passive observer here's a message for you Afraid to do what you know you should do You're too afraid to make the connection You still believe the system is there for your own protection
By letting it happen without a fight With your endless debates about wrong and right Nothing's going to change if you're not prepared to act There's no point complaining after the fact Content to be a number, branded x and neatly packed Millions of people march for C.N.D., they're already dead Unless they're willing to act on what they see If each and everyone of us was prepared to fight for more To stand against the system that creates the need for war The elite would have to run like it's never run before
We don't need organizing or politicians being patronising We don't need leadership or trendy lefties being hip Don't need their condescension or their back to roots pretension We've heard it all before, politicians saying no more war Pulling wool across our eyes, we don't need their dangerous lies
You think moderation's going to pave the way to peace What good is moderation against the army and police ? We're not promoting mindless violence, keep that for the fools We're simply saying be prepared to break their laws and rules Let them know the bigger they come, the harder they will fall
If they're going to play it dirty, so are we They can keep their lies about the land of the free We've allowed them too often to use their iron fist But there's one little detail they seem to have missed You don't have to be passive just because you're a pacifist
They'll try to sell their system like it's some kind of age-old wisdom But we've been had like that before, it's just the rich exploiting the poor Well here's an honest confession, we think it's time they learnt a lesson They've tried to hold the people down, but we've simply gone underground Moving in the darkness, looking for the light Looking for the future and ready to fight Looking for the freedom that's been denied Fast to attack and fast to hide In a world where the people can't make it, they've got to learn to break it And if the wealthy aren't prepared to share it OK, we'll simply have to take it
They just won't listen
The governments say, shove it and don't get in the way But we're sliding down corpses on a world nose-dive What will it take to stop the machine ? You won't change nothing with your badges, banners and protest walks It's only when we're serious and start to make a fuss That the smug politicians, show their real face It's the copper and the squaddy who were once one of us Now trained to do their duty and put us in our place
To stand up for the good of all and make demands for peace Will bring us sharp and hard against the army and police If they won't listen, what can we do They're people yes, but only people oppress They say, we're only upholding the law And if we were off-duty, we could talk some more OK, they're individuals, but when they're under orders They're in a mob, P.C. punishment on the spot Take the law into their own hands, and attack 'our' lot They're taught to go for the neck, or bust your head, running their gauntlet And remember, we're living in a country where the army shoots
If the uniforms choose to stay, they'll have to learn to get out of the way If we can't go round them, we'll have to go through If we choose to leave the path that we've been taught We cease to be the seeker, we become the sought Don't expect help, so don't get caught
Is there anyone there prepared to tell me why ? Tell me why, i'm being sucked dry You ride on me, suck my energy You take what you want, when you want it You reject any changes i make You ask me for more when i've spent it When i've given it all, you still take
Oh yes, i know the lines you draw are for protection The number given for a name is simply for detection I know i'm only paper in a file But couldn't you treat me as human for a while ?
You offer protection, but insist when i decline You offer independence, but demand i tow the line You say you give me freedom, but you hang on to the key Well don't you think, perhaps, the decision is up to me ?
So tell me i'm dreaming, if i want to live And i'll tell you, you're just scheming to make me give More than i want to, more than i can You hide behind logic, secure with your facts You've a history of time to back up your claims Protecting the future by filling up the cracks That might expose the real nature of your game Well people wither in that living death
You hide behind prejudice, afraid of my wisdom Afraid i might question, your unquestioned worth
No air to breathe inside your walls Left to dream inside your walls Left us in a wilderness
Well, i can make my paradise Without your walls, i am alive
No body i, in rank and file Images that you apply I won't bow my head in shame I won't play the game the same
Without your walls, no guilt to bear Without your walls, we all survive Without your love, our love to share
I'm biding my time For my perfect crime I've already done my time
Watch out for the quiet ones at the back All they want is the smallest crack