Look Closer

We are intent only on our own gain Tune in and avert your eyes to the blank telescreen (go) They're watching you sleep, telling you to eat What could be Soylent Green Now, now, now, look away and go back to bed They will get what they need Will we sleep, work, and play? When we consume and obey 'Cause we are all born into a controlled mindset God money makes a death threat on ethics Governed by greed and a stale routine Can we just justify the means if we're... Plugged in, tuned out? We all need to wake up 'cause we've been Detached for too long We need to deprogram from Shifting with the public eye We have a right to question why See through the lies Re-sensitize and look closer Get schooled, get married, get it on Start a family, hurry, move along You might start to think, make a different move Lose your only mind that you've never used anyway Walk on the white line (brainwashed) Walk on the same side (braindead) It's secure and safe like You need it all to be Plugged in, tuned out We all need to wake up 'cause we've been Detached for too long We need to deprogram from Shifting with the public eye We have a right to question why See through the lies Re-sensitize and look closer And look closer in (They live) Wide awake, fully aware (We sleep) On a quest to find out where (They live) The dream turned into a scare (We sleep) A fascinating new nightmare (They live) I'm wide awake, fully aware (We sleep) On a quest to find out where (They live) The dream turned into a scare (We sleep) A fascinating new nightmare (They live) Walk on the white line (brainwashed) And walk on the same side (braindead) It's secure and safe like You need it all They want benign complacency This is where we start to look closer Plugged in, tuned out (wake up) Plugged in, tuned out (wake up) Plugged in, tuned out We all need to wake up 'cause we've been Detached for too long Need to deprogram from Shifting with the public eye We have a right to question why See through the lies Re-sensitize and look closer Now, now, look closer