The Revolution Will Be Televised

[Verse]

Pictures of dying going nationwide

While they're cold and hungry on the streets outside

Broken promises and broken homes

And they're all queuing up for the government loan

[Verse]

Pledging your millions off a TV screen

While the shit on your doorstep remains unseen

Who said charity begins at home?

And you're all holding out for the government loan

[Pre-Chorus]

And while your final trace of faith is being crucified

And while your only means of escaping fear is suicide

[Chorus]

(Give us hope) (Give us hope)

You arrive alone, and you die alone

(Give us hope) (Give us hope)

You arrive alone, and you die alone

Hey!

[Verse]

You buy their trust, so you trust their war

That's what they're paid to lead the country for

A flag, and a pension, and a marble stone

Supplied and provided by the government loan

[Pre-Chorus]

And while your final trace of faith is being crucified

And while your only means of escaping fear is suicide

[Chorus]

(Give us hope) (Give us hope)

You arrive alone, and you die alone

(Give us hope) (Give us hope)

You arrive alone, and you die alone

Hey!

[Verse]

Pill dependence under private health

While the rest of the world are medicating themselves

The only guarantee is when we open our eyes

This revolution will be televised

[Outro]

I'm standing at the edge of the world

There's chaos in the city as the Capitol burns

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing at the gates of the west

Where the doors open wide with American Express and

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing in the ghost of the town

Looking up in the hope someone's looking back down and

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing with my back to the wall

And the signs in my head says I'll be dead before I'm gonna fall

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing at the edge of the world

There's chaos in the city as the capital burns

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing at the gates of the west

Where the doors open wide for the fashionably dressed and

I'm calling, calling

I'm standing here looking at you

And you're looking back at me like there's something I can do and

I'm calling, calling