This country’s finished, it’s been sliding downhill a long time and everybody’s got a cellphone that makes pancakes so they don’t want to make any trouble.
[Verse 1]
The air is thick, I’m wearing thin And so much shit going on I don’t know where to begin Society’s ill, we know that the government’s corrupt We know that the questionnaire’s how to control that They got us programmed and socially networked Think of who’s seeing all your email and texts first And no one communicates face-to-face We’re all depending on Facebook, blogs, and Myspaces Kids committing suicide for something as small As a rumour on the Internet they couldn’t resolve And I watch as a whole generation free-falls To a digital death we’ve all come to accept This wild world of poison, I’m caught in its web It got in my head and I just want to disconnect Cause until we start avoiding this automated noise We’ll be autotuned out till there’s nothing left
[Chorus]
What have we become? It’s out of my hands, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, out of my mind, it’s over What have we become? It’s out of my mind, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, technology is taking over
What have we become? It’s out of my hands, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, out my mind, it’s over What have we become? It’s out my mind, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, technology is taking over
[Verse 2]
What the hell they letting kids watch now? And apologise for later when no one is around I know it sounds harmless, right? But look at the truth You sticking guns in their face, robbing them of their youth It’s nothing to lose a million dollars breaking the law If your ratings go up and haters wanna see more This is media war, how the rich control the war But the clicker’s in your hand so who’s really at the core Of the problem? To the fox I play possum Wait for my chance then I strike like boxing I ain’t like talking, people never listen Advertising everywhere, I call it sella-vision Who the fuck are y’all kidding? This is planetary prison Every single one of us no matter what your skin is No matter where you’re living, your god, or what your’e given It’s time to put the shovel down and think of why you’re digging
[Verse 3]
? suckered anymore it’s all put on ? And fifteen seconds of fame is Youtube trash But this necessary evil that we go through Is the first and only option that we go to In the information age we’re caught in the haze The talking heads walking dead living what they say And nothing gonna change until we change our frame of mind We’re consumed with doom to fold in ?
[Outro]
Power does what it wants and they just put it right out front and say this is what we’re doing to you, folks. People have been bought off by gizmos and toys in this country and no one questions things anymore.
[Chorus]
What have we become? It’s out of my hands, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, out of my mind, it’s over What have we become? It’s out of my mind, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, technology is taking over
What have we become? It’s out of my hands, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, out my mind, it’s over What have we become? It’s out my mind, it’s out of control I’ve gone numb, technology is taking over