Distopian Playland

[verse 1] They clutch the master-key 'til their knuckles turn white Redefining 'wrong' 'til they've patented 'right'. Scoop out the brains of youth Don't let them comprehend Bury the mystery of our history While they teach the misery of how to spend. [Verse 2] A neon dream The Getaway made real Rule by the sick Your Art of the Deal It's a marketing ploy Fresh paint on doomsday Close your eyes to the world Watch the NCAA [Bridge] They hold us, mold us, make us Fleeceable, shapeable, gullible Stripped of education and pride What do we do as freedom dies (We party on) [Chorus] We ride the elevator to the bottom Breathe your last of lost love and broken promise Don't close your eyes to the world around us Just softly decay, sit back, and watch the drama (Or stand and shout) Line up and fight the fight again Arm in arm against the iron bars of pain Be buried by the mass market of shame Give them another target to blame and take aim (Let it lose) Stockholders and slaves And the depts that we demand In this inescapable Dystopian playland [Break] [Verse 3] Public enemy number three Stars in the east affecting souls in the sheets Pillow talk from glowing screens Make us hate the good like good machines Indoctrination from birth From stone spires to digital noise They sink the hooks deep And we hang on to the chains with joy [Bridge] They break us, fake us, tell us The ghost in the shadow is the hero we need A thousand golden cuts of lies They make our soul bleed greed (We party on) [Chorus] We ride the elevator to the bottom Breathe your last of lost love and broken promise Don't close your eyes to the world around us Just softly decay, sit back, and watch the drama (Or stand and shout) Line up and fight the fight again Arm in arm against the iron bars of pain Be buried by the mass market of shame Give them another target to blame and take aim (Let it lose) Stockholders and slaves And the depts that we demand In the inevitable Dystopian playland [Break] [outro - spoken softly] (Truth is singular) (Its 'versions' are mistruths)