[Introduction music building] (Ev er y) [Verse 1] Every day, the news shocks us with more terrifying ways that people can die They kindly leave out the gratuitous but we imagine their end- them wondering why Did this just happen to me And what about my family Those poor people make me want to stay in bed all day and cry [pre chorus] It’s feeding us, it’s killing us It’s bleeding us, it’s willing us Control, submission, predictability (Ev er y) [Verse 2] Every day, the television sets up a standard for us, a way that we should live Our brains can’t cope with the overload of this propaganda and so eventually we give Into the box where we should be Although it’s a level so hard to reach There’s a clash between who we think we are and what we’re able to achieve [pre chorus] It’s feeding us, it’s killing us It’s bleeding us, it’s willing us Control, submission, predictability It needs us, it fills us It reads us, it thrills us Taxable, reliable, stability [Chorus] It makes us feel rotten Yet we drink it in Like a poison (a poison) Spreading Through our bodies (Ev er y) [Verse 3] Everyday, the media subtly downloads into us the way that we’re expected to behave If we do something different to this we’ll suffer shame or we won’t be safe From all the people with ill-will Until we’re left with zero, nothing, nil They make us think that our neighbours can’t be trusted at all; is that the case? [pre chorus] It’s feeding us, it’s killing us It’s bleeding us, it’s willing us Control, submission, predictability It needs us, it fills us It reads us, it thrills us Taxable, reliable, stability [Chorus] It makes us feel rotten Yet we drink it in Like a poison (a poison) Spreading Through our bodies Makes us float The problem is Where’s an antidote We want more (more) Let it soak in So we pour And we’re broken [Bridge] This advertisement tells me I want to be like them Success, then happiness if I buy that product again But when? But when? [Instrumental] [Chorus] It makes us feel rotten Yet we drink it in Like a poison (a poison) Spreading Through our bodies Makes us float The problem is Where’s an antidote We want more (more, more) Let it soak in So we pour And we’re broken It makes us feel rotten Yet we drink it in Like a poison (a poison) Spreading Through our bodies Makes us float The problem is Where’s an antidote We want more (more, more, more) Let it soak in So we pour And we’re broken [outro] The poison (The poison makes us broken) Poison, this poison (Makes us broken)
