Do you get the feeling that you’re being followed?
Do you get the feeling that you’re being swallowed?
Do you ever get the feeling your life is kinda hollow?
Ever get the feeling that somebody’s lying,
‘Cause they got some junk that they want you buying?
Do you load up on crap and pretend the world’s not frying?
When you read the headlines do they make you furious?
And are you ever even just the least little bit curious,
At how snap your leash ’til you’re at the end of your tether,
And how their infotainment makes you think you’re clever?
Do you get the feeling that the walls were closing,
While you watched a screen with your conscience dozing?
Do you ever second guess the choices that you’ve chosen?
Are you and yours busy breeding like rabbits?
Do you teach your children the same old harmful habits?
Are you still convinced that your children are the future?
Well what future for us if all your kids want is filthy lucre?
Do you get the feeling that your life’s been wasted,
In the office cubicle where you placed it?
Do you ever get the feeling that maybe it’s time you faced it?
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