The Revolution Will Be Televised

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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 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 And while your final trace of faith is being crucified And while your only means of escaping fear is suicide 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 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 And while your final trace of faith is being crucified And while your only means of escaping fear is suicide 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 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 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