Take a bow, pack on powder
Wash them out with buzzing lights
Pay an audience to care
"Impress me" personality

Still and transfixed
The electric sheep are dreaming of your face
Enjoy you from the chemical
Comfort of America

Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

But quick, your time is almost up
Make all forget that they're the moth
Edging in towards the flame
Burn into obscurity

Still and transfixed
The electric sheep are dreaming up your fate
And judge you from the card castle
Comfort of America

Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, yeah
Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

Lights, camera, transaction

Come one, come all
Into 1984
Yeah, three, two, one
Lights, camera, transaction

Your foundation is canyoning
Fault lines should be worn with pride
I hate to say so much more
You're so much more
Endearing with the sound turned off


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    This song is about the brainwashing effects of the media and how it is leading to a fascist State. In a fascist State, as alluded to in 1984, the government controls the media. The "electric sheep" are everyday people who only watch televesion to get their news. Television itself is brainwashing. It turns your brain waves into passive ones, thus eliminating the ability to quesiton what you hear or see.

    The "impress me personality" line is a reference to idiots like Bill O'Reilly or Michael Savage. These figures play on people's emotions while they are susceptible to manipulation. Television companies like Fox News and MSNBC control the opinions of the general public to a massive degree, and are making it easier for a totalitarian fascist State to take over in America.

    glorifiedg79on May 17, 2008   Link

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