When I asked you to lend me a fiver

You said you were already broke

And when I explained you were living in chains

You assumed it was some sort of joke

You wanted a job and then got one

And learned jokes about sex, Jews, and blacks

Got married to help pay the mortgage

Got wound up when you had to pay tax



What happened to you with your ideas?

What happened to all your hopes and fears?

Ex-Teenage rebel- same old story



When I asked you what you thought of the arms race

Asking you who d gonna win?

You remembered a man on the telly and said

I agree with him

You say everything s alright really

You say that I m just paranoid

You tell me it s always been the same

And there s some things I cannot avoid



So what happened to your old opinions?

The thoughts that you had for so long?

That inspired a thousand rebellions

Against what was and still is so wrong

You tell me you used to be crazy

And paranoid like I am now

You soon realized There was no reason why

So you gave up and soon settled down



And I tell you that you are the problem

Which is why you can t see it no more

The strength of us all could demolish the wall

But you chose to walk through the door

Living a life of compromise

What you re supporting is what you despised

Was all that you said just a useful disguise?

Or was it all just little white lies?

Little white lies

To help you survive

Is there no guilt in your mind?

Is there no guilt in your eyes?