Would you believe what I said if I shoved it down your throat? (how unusual the lettered backdrop) Do you wonder where you are, the meaning of the words? (push the plunger, say goodbye) Consent to manufacture, a brand new opposition It's starting right now - - Up and down we spend in all conditions For many years I played the fool Locked so deep inside that we can't see Much too bored to look for - - Touch the surface flow and ebb with nowhere left to go (if I could only live like this) Ideal in its birth, a drunk bewildered herd (follow the leader, come pin the tail) Caught in misdirection, our spectacle distracts It's just the right time - - Up and down we spend in all conditions For many years I played the fool Locked so deep inside that we can't see Much too bored to look for - - We always say it, we never mean it If that's enough That's the way it looks and no one's asking why It's the right time but we don't have the time Keep it locked down, it's only what your heart would say We're barely living through it, we're just surviving I'm so sick of surviving - - Up and down we spend in all conditions For many years I played the fool Locked so deep inside that we can't see Much too bored to look for - - Pullin under to stay ahead We always say what we don't mean Up and down we spend in all conditions For many years I played the fool But if it's out for deception and still playing cool Like a piece of the puzzle we're so quick to salute it now Much too bored to look for - - We didn't say it, we never needed it If that's enough It's the way we look and no one's askin' why It's the right right time but we don't have the time Keep it locked down ignoring what your heart would say We're barely living through it, too scared to do it We're so sick of surviving