Lockjaw from Swingers by Slug

They said it, wrote it down and I read it,
But don't give the human race too much credit.
A pyramid structure and ancient rules,
A modern machine with primitive tools.
Respect is due and it's lent her,
A paid admission but she cannot enter.
And you thought you weren't part of this plan.
Well think again.

As we rationalize and compromise
ourselves In order to victimize.
Convinced, confused, confined and cut up
Behavior and slave to your sit down and shut up.
When'll we learn to burn an effigy,
A paper parody of our humanity,
Feed that fire with greed and jealousy
Ask myself, ask yourself:
What's stopping me?

We've been drugged and thugged and wined and dined,
Stupid and happy and standing in line,
To hear a seductive barrage
that depends on a selfish, destructive collage.
Gone is the longing for figuring why,
You'd better believe restrictions apply.
And you thought you weren't part of this plan.
Well think again.

Metamorphosize and criticize
ourselves In order to realize.
Rinsed, refused, revised and cut up,
Behavior a savior to sit down and shut up.
When'll we learn to burn an effigy,
A paper parody of our humanity,
Feed that fire with greed and jealousy
Ask myself, ask yourself:
What's stopping me?

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