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Elektro (He Held The World In His Iron Grip) Lyrics

Isolation I suffer
We've been told horrible lies
We've been betrayed, exploited and repressed,
Manipulated
Well kept in isolation
Afronted danger

This whole world can appear too well, don't you think
More and more people have been kept into misery
How much more people have to take it before they react
We're left to wallow in our shit
If you rebel you're shot

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weezerific:cutlery On Apr 13, 2004

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Cover art for Elektro (He Held The World In His Iron Grip) lyrics by Stereolab

by Hutch084

17y ago

This song is clearly about people being repressed by governments who lie and manipulate people. I don't like the instrumental first half of this song, but the second half is great.

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