Ignoreland
these bastards
stole
their
power from the victims of the
us v. them years
wrecking all things
virtuous
and true
The undermining social democratic
downhill slide
into abysmal
lost lamb
off the precipice
into the trickle down
runoff pool
they hypnotised the summer, 1979
marched into the capital
brooding
duplicitous
wicked and able
media-ready
heartless
and labeled
super US citizen
super achiever
Mega
ultra power dosing
Relax
Defense, defense, defense, defense
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ignoreland
The information nation
took
their
clues from all the sound-bite gluttons
1980, 84, 88, 92 too
How to be what you can be
Jump jam junking your energies
How to walk in dignity
with
throw-up
on your shoes
They amplified the autumn, 1979
Calculate the capital
up the republic my skinny ass
T.V. tells a million lies
The paper's terrified to report
anything that isn't handed
on
a
presidential spoon
I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this
So, fuck you, man
Fuck it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ignoreland
If they weren't there we would have created them
Maybe, it's true
But I'm resentful all the same
Someone's got to take the blame
I know that this is vitriol
no solution
spleen-venting
but I feel better having screamed
don't you?
they desecrated winter, 1979
capital collateral
brooding
duplicitous
wicked and able
media-ready
heartless
and labeled
super US citizen
super achiever
mega
ultra power dosing
Relax
Defense, defense, defense, defense
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Ignoreland
REM - Automatic For The People - Ignoreland - 1992
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