Common Sense Is Verboten

[Intro] [Long Intro] [Intro] “Welcome to the Ministry of Obvious Solutions…
 To become truly immortal, you must escape the limits of common sense...” [Verse 1] They met in towers made of gold leaf,
 Signed papers beyond belief,
 A thousand-page plan for a door that says “pull,”
 And a think tank full of the beautifully dull. They argued for hours over what if “only greed is real,”
 Then outsourced the answer to a corporate deal,
 Now common sense sits locked-up in a bin,
 With a sign that says, “Do not let logic in.” [Pre-Chorus] We tried to explain it in simple terms,
 But simplicity makes their stomachs squirm,
 If it’s too clear, it’s probably true,
 But will hurt the revenue. [Chorus] Common sense is verboten, don’t you see?
 It interferes with sweet bureaucracy, 
It’s far too clean, it’s far too plain,
 It doesn’t generate enough pain.
 So spin it round and bury it deep,
 Keep reason deep in a sleep,
 In the land where logic’s out of style—
 And confusion gets a corporate smile. [Verse 2] They held a summit on how to decide,
 It’s all monetize and just “downsize,”
 A committee formed to define “common,”
 But couldn’t agree on what is human. The bassline thunders like factory steel,
 While slogans replace what people feel,
 And every solution they proudly deploy
 Creates three new problems they can enjoy. [Pre-Chorus] And the charts grow, while power is flaunted,
 The rich and powerful get what they wanted,
 But if it’s complex, it must be right—
 So they renamed daylight “regulated night.” [Chorus] Common sense is verboten, don’t you see? 
It interferes with bureaucracy,
 It’s far too sharp, it cuts too clean,
 It interferes with the machine.
 So twist it round and dress it up,
 And smile for the closeup
 Where clarity is the enemy—
 Of carefully planned absurdity. [Bridge] If you whisper “why,” it echoes back, 
In an empty hall of feedback, 
It may destroy the future for you and I
 But greed is good and monthly rates apply [Long Solo] [Verse 3] They solved inflation with a branding team,
 Repackaged reality into a dream,
 Turned “oops” into “strategic redesign,”
 And called every setback “a bold new sign.” From the ground floor up to the ivory dome,
 They keep reinventing what should have been known,
 And every mistake that goes viral and wide
 Gets rewritten later or simply denied [Pre-Chorus] And the louder they talk in confident tones,
 The less they notice they’re breaking the bones
 Of common sense left under the wheel— 
It only becomes a problem if you feel. It’s incompetence repackaged, bold and refined,
 While you’re still waiting on hold in a line [Chorus] Common sense is verboten, don’t you see?
 A threat to controlled instability,
 It’s outlawed now in every land— 
Signed in triplicate, rubber-stamped. So keep your doubts, don’t let them show,
 The system runs on “maybe so,”
 And truth gets filtered through the spin—
 Where common sense can’t get back in. [Outro] “Common sense is uncommon
 This concludes your logical orientation.
 Please return your sanity at the exit.” [End]