Behind Enemy Lines - Voice Of Dissent lyrics

In university vivisection labs another million of government grants is spent For better money a lawyer sells out the client he's supposed to represent Insurance companies public relations campaigns are an undisputable lie Blaming 'insurance fraud' as the reason why premiums are so ridiculously high They use their advertising propaganda to convince the people that they're not corrupt And so the disabled are viewed as criminals, while they're the ones who won't pay up Pharmaceutical stock-holding doctors playing god with peoples lives They'll subject you to chemotherapy knowing well you won't survive The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands How many patients will die from a disease without the cause ever being known Like the members of the military who are now inflicted with gulf war syndrome Could this be another mysterious disease that they swear lacks their involvement Or an experiment done by the chemical-biological warfare department Research and production paid for by the pentagon's black budget funding That's secretly been agreed to be increased by the next presidential candidate running Whose office has to be bought quickly because he's running out of time And his opponent endorsed capital punishment first to show he's tough on crime The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands But both will agree the reports of political prisoners are merely fairy tales It's absurd to think that innocent people might inhabit our jails It's more acceptable and politically profitable to believe the corrupt F.O.P. Whose true colors are occasionally caught on videotape for the entire world to see In addition to cops beating dissidents there are more extreme solutions Like the government sanctioned lobotomies performed in mental institutions That the state can confidently a**ure us no longer occurs Apathy is the condition that their money and propaganda now preserves The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands Status is manipulated by capital, those with wealth now feed the publics view Power is kept beyond the peoples reach, the world is run by the few People of independent and artistic thought have all been ostracized Now seen as freaks and lunatics culture has been lobotomized Finances now proclaim importance, the businessmen hold the respected opinion And possess the means to maintain their power in this capitalist dominion They take every precaution to insure that our path's already set And revel in their efforts when we absolutely pose no threat Just like the child on Ritalin that's force-fed d** to control behavior Or the flock of worshippers on their knees obedient servants to their savior Or the people who once stood defiant that alcohol now keeps complacent Or the suppression of the imagination, thanks to mindless entertainment The entertaining of our minds leads to the containing of our lives Where compa**ion has no place but capitalism thrives And the ruling cla** survives because money dictates what's right While the ills of our society are conveniently kept out of sight When we mirror their ideals and adhere to money and control It affects all facets of our lives and swiftly takes its toll No person or profession is immune from moneys filthy reach It turns us against one another and keeps us on a leash When money and distractions reinforce the oppressive grasp Any hopes of creating change will regrettably collapse The more problems we have as individuals, the more we seem to miss The more they divert our attention the more they can accomplish The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands We naively believe that if we just play their game then maybe we stand a chance We step on one another in hopes that our lives will soon advance We overlook each other's needs and give in to the pressures of the state We don't trust our leaders when it comes to politics but we allow them to control our fate If we live our lives under their heel do we really have a choice But to break the cycle of silence and raise our dissenting voice To support government oppression by indifference may not be our intent But it's still just as effective as if we gave them our consent