Subhumans - Straightline Thinking lyrics
[Subhumans - Straightline Thinking lyrics]
We are all controlled by
Reinforcement or rules
Passed by those who are merely
The tools of a system
Where achievement is based on
Deceit of the masses
By someone in whom they believe
We are all controlled by the
Straight-line thinking of
Straight-line thinkers
Who gave up drinking and smoking
To avoid being lower
Than their aspirations would allow them to go
We are all controlled by fear of the unknown
Because we re not told all
That there is to know
About things we consider as normal existence
So we accept exploitation and
Show no resistance
We are all controlled in our
Thoughts and our actions
By things we were told by past generations
Of parents who used to rebel just the same as
We do now so who gets the blame?
We are the rebels like the rebels before us
Pre-destined to scream in an out of tune
Chorus of voices repeating the
Words of the past
That diffuse in the process
Of ageing too fast
Deep in the soul if there is
One it tells you to do
As you feel not as someone outside you
Dictates through their own
Misguided conception
Of what part you must play
In this game of deception
Reinforcement or rules
Passed by those who are merely
The tools of a system
Where achievement is based on
Deceit of the masses
By someone in whom they believe
We are all controlled by the
Straight-line thinking of
Straight-line thinkers
Who gave up drinking and smoking
To avoid being lower
Than their aspirations would allow them to go
We are all controlled by fear of the unknown
Because we re not told all
That there is to know
About things we consider as normal existence
So we accept exploitation and
Show no resistance
We are all controlled in our
Thoughts and our actions
By things we were told by past generations
Of parents who used to rebel just the same as
We do now so who gets the blame?
We are the rebels like the rebels before us
Pre-destined to scream in an out of tune
Chorus of voices repeating the
Words of the past
That diffuse in the process
Of ageing too fast
Deep in the soul if there is
One it tells you to do
As you feel not as someone outside you
Dictates through their own
Misguided conception
Of what part you must play
In this game of deception