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OUT OF CONTROL

by Open-Publishing - Monday 6 March 2006

Movement Books-Literature Mike Schiller

Written By Mike Schiller

Plastic boxes save me from confusion
The world around me seeming so unreal
They told me this was all just an illusion
I wish it were but that’s not how it feels
The data may not change the situation
Alarming but I’m calm and I can see
Persistent and intense exacerbation
This isn’t how it’s really supposed to be
Big brother’s not my brother
They’re watching but not over
The power’s out of hand
Big brother’s not my brother
Our nation made a blunder
We’ve got to understand
This doesn’t happen here
It’s all so very clear
They’ll never give it up
Big brother’s not your brother
Can’t trust him to take over
Intrusions just too much
Big brother’s not your brother
And doesn’t comprehend
He’s probably seen too much
We knew this could occur
so many things went wrong
We’ve got to clean it up
The time has come for people’s revolution
We can’t afford to take this sitting down
They sold it as a necessary solution
But they’re not responsible or honest now
They lie and cover up their errors for media
Our parent’s don’t know how to tune it out
A million falsehoods spread through television
But our generation knows it now
Big brother’s not my brother
They say it’s to watch over
Can’t take their word this time
Big brother’s not my brother
This doesn’t protect us
What they’ve done is a crime
They’re watching but not over
They’ll never give it up
Can’t take it anymore
Big brother’s not your brother
Can’t trust him to take up
The task of saving us
Big brother’s not your brother
We thought we knew this would
Compromise our song
They’re given to abuse
I wish they would get lost
so many things went wrong
Already blew their fuse
so many times before
we should’ve learned by now
we saw it in the war
the wounds are getting sore
what’s happening to us
we talk but they don’t hear
they watch but they don’t see
they’re blind and dangerous
the problems mounting up
we thought we knew it all
what’s happening is wrong
I’m thankful for the eyes and ears that saved me
I’m thankful for the ones I’ve always loved
But that won’t stop big brother from his mission
He doesn’t sleep no thinking and no dreams
The plastic boxes are a nice distraction
The music soothes the soul inspiring things
We’ve to think about this for the children
A million paper trails that went unseen
Big brother’s not our brother
We knew this could occur
Orwellian status quo
Big brother’s not your brother
This doesn’t protect us
We just can’t take their word
They’re watching but not over
They’ll never give it up
Can’t take it anymore
Big brother’s not our brother
Big brother’s not our friend
They’re given to abuse
They say it’s to watch over
Can’t trust them to take up
The task of saving us
This couldn’t happen here
Apparently it has
They’ll never give it up
This already went too far
They know they’ve gone too far
We know they’ve gone too far
Just like the story told
It’s like the story told
It’s spun out of control
It’s got out of control
It’s way out of control
It’s all out of control
It’s all out of control

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