This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
News of significant world events reaches me
Through the filter of media acceptability
Dictated by political accountability
Constrained by governmental economic security
I hear what I’m told to hear
I will buy what’s suggested to me
My free will is absolute
As long as my choices conform
Corporations bending
Information sending
Corruption never mending
There is no happy ending
I will speak their mind through the appropriate channels
They will thank me for my conformity
With security against threats that they invented
To keep me in line and protect me from myself
The Middle East is lurching from crisis to crisis
Polar ice caps are melting
Global financial system collapsing
We are in a living hell
You think you know what Hell is?
You’ve got no idea
You think you’ll sleep when you’re dead
Writhing in agony on a stony bed
Teeming maggots itching under your skin
Look at the ugly mess you’ve found yourself in
No news comes from beyond the grave
No reports of evil threats
A noticeable absence of terrorist activity
Not so much a whisper of dictatorship
Oh God, I didn’t know
That this was where I’d go
Back when I was alive
I thought You were a lie
Nobody ever told me, never saw it on the news
I thought I was so well-informed but never heeded You
And now you’re telling me I’m gonna suffer here forever
Cause I was just too ignorant to make it into Heaven
No news...ain’t good news x 12
Through the filter of media acceptability
Dictated by political accountability
Constrained by governmental economic security
I hear what I’m told to hear
I will buy what’s suggested to me
My free will is absolute
As long as my choices conform
Corporations bending
Information sending
Corruption never mending
There is no happy ending
I will speak their mind through the appropriate channels
They will thank me for my conformity
With security against threats that they invented
To keep me in line and protect me from myself
The Middle East is lurching from crisis to crisis
Polar ice caps are melting
Global financial system collapsing
We are in a living hell
You think you know what Hell is?
You’ve got no idea
You think you’ll sleep when you’re dead
Writhing in agony on a stony bed
Teeming maggots itching under your skin
Look at the ugly mess you’ve found yourself in
No news comes from beyond the grave
No reports of evil threats
A noticeable absence of terrorist activity
Not so much a whisper of dictatorship
Oh God, I didn’t know
That this was where I’d go
Back when I was alive
I thought You were a lie
Nobody ever told me, never saw it on the news
I thought I was so well-informed but never heeded You
And now you’re telling me I’m gonna suffer here forever
Cause I was just too ignorant to make it into Heaven
No news...ain’t good news x 12
Lyrics submitted by Zargoth
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