Propaganda

Lies half-truths, Deep fakes An industry of lies It's a cultural invasion Rumours and fake news Fighting with information Communication abuse The truth is rarely simple The truth is rarely so clear Nobody has all the answers They're not what they appear If you want my trust If you want my faith If you want belief Say something that's true It's a bad situation Our leaders lying to us Corrupt manipulation There's no one left to trust They prioritise indoctrination Preaching their worldview A secondary consideration Is whether any of it is true Propaganda's everywhere Drowning out the truth Hearing the propaganda loud and clear The bots are coming to program you It is like an infection Spreading through the land Bias and deception Spread by concealed hands Selective presentation Opinion stated as fact Determined miseducation The mind under attack Propaganda's everywhere Drowning out the truth Hearing the propaganda loud and clear The bots are coming to program you

There are no checks on my behaviour The odds are stacked in my favour I like to paint myself as a saviour You can't see that I'm a traitor I will rise and you will fall I will stand and you will crawl And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Don't try to be hero The scores always sum to zero If I'm not harmed then there is no crime There's no ‘I' in ‘team' but there's one in ‘mine' I'm not the one who will take the fall All for one and one takes all I will rise up in victory You will fade into history And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Rejoicing as you fail; I could make it stop Reach out a hand to me, while I steal your watch I'll take the spotlight as you wither in the shade My star will rise and yours will fade I will rise and you will fall And the victor takes it all And my need to win means that you need to lose If I'm thin-skinned then you will need to wear a bruise A rising tide will lift all boats but no one gets ahead I prefer to see you drown and left for dead Don't try to be hero The scores always sum to zero

If I'd turned right instead of left If I'd opened the other door Where would I be now? If I'd said no when I said yes; If I'd said yes when I said no; Life would be different somehow I've made this box I think inside Four walls to contain me A bed I lie in; a safe place to hide With shackles to restrain me Time is an ever-expanding tree Its branches always growing free And you must keep climbing If you fall you can't get back You'll have to take a different path With a different destination I've made this box I think inside Four walls to contain me A bed I lie in; a safe place to hide With shackles to restrain me With every choice and every deed We're adjusting our design And there's no way to return To a life that's somewhere far behind

Fact and fiction merge together In their new form they can't be severed Sound-bites ring louder than the truth Drowning out the honest proof Accusations will abound My revelations will astound Watch my doctors spin around Although my claims are unfounded I'll raise my voice and shout you down Preaching loudly to the choir Charismatic and inspired I stand alone: an honest liar Building my post-truth empire Automatic contradiction Hallmark of the politician You say black and I'll say white It doesn't matter who is right Every question is deflected Every motive uninspected Every error uncorrected Every debate is infected Every liar gets elected Preaching loudly to the choir Charismatic and inspired I stand alone: an honest liar Building my post-truth empire After the truth it's down to the shouting After the fight who'll be left standing? It's all reduced to the lies and the slander Mindless outrage in an echo-chamber Preaching loudly to the choir Charismatic and inspired I stand alone: an honest liar Building my post-truth empire Preaching loudly to the choir Charismatic and inspired I stand alone: an honest liar Building my post-truth empire