Away, away, I can't get away From all of the poison, from all of the pain Away, away, I can't get away From ourselves we shut off, from ourselves we can't escape The world is never quiet Even silence makes a sound A pin-prick, a blank strike What was proud is still as proud Watch it unfold on LCD screen sets So we really, never, ever have to deal with it Each pixel is a story of what there was before Each cathode ray disguises just what we're looking for From the great north to a working man's hand There's a story in the desert Below the cobblestones the sand Our indulgence is just one step away Lust has no end when there's no end and no one awake to say Are we afraid of you? Are we the same as you? Each pixel is a story of what there was before Each wire tapped for water, to homogenize the poor Each commercial will remind us that things couldn't get much worse