To Be Governed

[Verse 1] They put a tag on my back A name, a file, a fucking stack Wrist turned over, mouth held shut Count my breath, then cut me up They watch the door They watch the floor They watch my hands They want more [Pre-Chorus] Checked and marked Measured, judged By tired hands With borrowed grudge [Chorus] To be governed Is to be watched (To be governed) To be spied on, fucking lost To be numbered To be controlled (To be governed) By cowards bought and sold [Verse 2] Inspected, ordered, bent in line Preached at by the same damn lie Enrolled, advised, then caged in rules Taught by thieves and polished fools They stamp your skin They call it law They sell the knife Then praise the scar [Pre-Chorus] Censured hard Valued low Take your voice Then tell you no [Chorus] To be governed Is to be watched (To be governed) To be spied on, fucking lost To be numbered To be controlled (To be governed) By cowards bought and sold [Bridge] No right No wisdom No virtue Just boots on a throat No shame No mercy No future Just chains and a note [Final Chorus] To be governed Is to be watched (To be governed) To be spied on, fucking lost To be numbered To be controlled (To be governed) By cowards bought and sold To be governed Is a fucking wound (To be governed) And I will not kneel soon