Transmission - Christ vs. Warhol

We cling to progress, tear out the abscess

Claw at the walls that shield us from our desires

They’re in the business of crushing unrest

Clutching their billy clubs and cowering behind their tazers

We’re onto their game, we’ve got their number

Refuse to let hope sift through clutching hands

They sell you product, they make you need it

We’re fed collective thoughts through rationed media

On the radio, transmission

Purse your lips against the fear until you can’t speak anymore

On the radio, division

Stay home and nurse your fears until you can’t think anymore

We lurk in corners, just out of your field of vision

Marginalization, alienation keeps us quiet

We’re solitary, but numerous yet

It’s just deception till we dare pull our heads from the sand

We’re onto their game, we’ve got their number

See them marching with a rifle in their hands

Intimidate you, they’ll infiltrate you

Orders to obey broadcast daily far and wide

On the radio, transmission

Spouting half-truths and deception till you can’t think anymore

On the radio!!!

They purchase power, eject reporters

Claim they’re unbiased but they’re rotten to the core

They’re just a shadow, a lifeless husk of

A sacred duty, desecrated they disgust me more and more

They’re out of touch with the general public

They squash our voices with their pundits and their idols

And mesmerized still, we sit immobile

We while the hours away, a morphine drip to kill the pain

On the television spouting lies lies lies

Seizing all our airways, spouting lies lies lies

Capitalistic jargon selling waste to buy

Gorged on meaninglessness?

Aren’t you satisfied?

On the radio!

We’ll sell you war!

(Boeing-Veritas-Halliburton)

We’ll sell convenience!

We’ll tell you!

They justify it for the good of profit

Below the surface, their hearts are calloused

They spew division while promising vision

Obscure the ones behind the veil making decisions

On the television sprouting lies lies lies

Crafty politicians spouting lies lies lies

Wowing you with blandness, leave you hypnotized

Seizing all our airways spouting lies lies lies

On the radio

On the radio

On the radio!

On the radio, division

Polished rhetorical persuasion till you can’t see anymore

On the radio!!!