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1984

[Verse 1]

I hear a deafening silence

Louder than screams on Epstein Island

Where the people you're idolising were doing unspeakable things with minors

The media's usual blindness

When the truth don't fit their narratives

Why would I want a TV license?

I don't wanna watch that sack of shit

Made to indoctrinate our brains

Program, get it? It's all in the name

They want your mind in chains

Having an opinion's hate

While they watch every movement you make

And take what you've worked hard to obtain

This world's dark I'm afraid

[Chorus]

I don't think we're living how we should no more

It seems we must have closed that door

We chose the wrong way

Seems as though we're living in Orwell's soul

Here in 1984, no longer humane

[Verse 2]

Something stirred in me since birth it seems

Like we weren't living life right

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"1984" is a song by Devlin from the album The James Devlin Album, released in 2025.

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Even though that I know it could never be a perfect dream

But we could do better than this

No one cares when they've got theirs

An equal share is often rare

That's why the poor all pay for the rich

I think things may have gone wayward

Look at everything we them get away with

Can't walk home at night for getting mugged or raped

In this place, it's a dangerous matrix

Created by sadists

That play tricks and make brains glitch

But think I sense an awakening

[Chorus]

I don't think we're living how we should no more

It seems we must have closed that door

We chose the wrong way

Seems as though we're living in Orwell's soul

Here in 1984, no longer humane

[Bridge]

Ignore what you see with your eyes

Was the final vital command

Now the truth hurts more than lies for those who bought the façade

We don't want to have a hivemind

We need see through the mirage

'Cause he who controls the present will try to control our past

[Chorus]

I don't think we're living how we should no more (No more)

It seems we must have closed that door (That door)

We chose the wrong way

Seems as though we're living in Orwell's soul

Here in 1984, no longer humane

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