Little Joseph’s Wet Dream

Another brutal murder in a shopping mall (what's on the news?)
Our reporter on the scene, he filmed it all (what's on the news?)
Armed to the teeth a reluctant zero (what's on the news?)
It seems that one man's monster is another man's hero (it depends what's on the news?)

So tell me, tell me what can I think today?
This is hell for me, won't end well for me
Because I can't trust what you say
And I won't live like this for one more day

What's on the news?

Another deadly virus sweeping through the population (what's on the news?)
And we cannot underestimate the environmental devastation! (what's on the news?)
Our benevolent leaders cannot guarantee your safety. (what's on the news?)
So you'd better lock yourselves up and hand us the keys now. (what's on the news?)

So tell me, tell me, tell me another Goebellian lie
Feed me on your fever dream, we'll let the sponsors decide
A line's been drawn, a narrative point but don't look under that rug
Look into my eyes, here's a nice surprise, we're going to sell you a wonder drug!

A tiny revolution in a shopping mall (what's on the news?)
The armed police they killed them all. Good (what's on the news?)
There are internment camps at the end of every street now (what's on the news?)
Because those that forget are condemned to repeat now (what's on the news?)

So here it is the whole kerfuffle all laid out bare
We're in a state of mass hypnosis driven by prolonged fear
We're forced to trust implicitly in an authority that it's proven we can trust
Crawling over the bodies to the moral high ground is a cultural must
Give a man enough hope and he will hang his self
There's our freedom hidden away like a trophy on a shelf
If we do exactly what we're told then they might just let us live
Promising to give us back our freedom like it was ever theirs to give
"For your safety and convenience" the totalitarian mantra
Another goose-step forward for the art of propaganda
The news got bought so it isn't that new
And the last thing they want is an educated you.