nineteen eighty bore

crass

who needs lobotomy when we've got the itv?

who needs ect when there's good old bbc?

switch on the set

light up the screen

fantasise and dream about what you might have been

who needs controlling when they've got the cathode ray?

they've got your fucking soul

now they'll fuse your brains away. mindless fucking morons sit before the set

being fed the mindless rubbish they deserve to get. can't switch off big brother

they've lost all will to act

lost in drab confusion

was it fiction

was it fact?

another plastic bullet stuns another irish child

but no-one's really bothered

no

the telly keeps them mild. they've lost all sense of feeling to the every hungry glow

drained of any substance by the vicious telly blow. no longer know what's real or ain't

slowly going blind

they stare into the goggle box while the world goes by

behind. the angels are on t.v. tonight

grey puke fucking shit. the army occupy ireland

but the boot will never fit. was it coronation street? or was it londonderry?

oh it doesn't fucking matter

paul daniels'll keep us merry. yes

i've heard of bobby sands

wasn't it emmerdale farm?

yes

that's right

he was kicked by a cow

i hope it didn't do him no harm. and wasn't the holocaust terrible

good thing it wasn't for real. of course i've heard of h-block

it's the baccy with man appeal. deeper and deeper and deeper

layer upon layer. illusion

confusion

is there anyone left who can care?

yes

the abbey national cares for you. nat west

and securicor. well brings out the branston bren-guns let's spice it up some more. the sweeney are cruising brixton

created another belfast. and j.r.'s advising thatcher on lighting

make up and cast. a thousand camera lenses point at the people's pain

as millions of mindless morons watch the action replay again

the action replay again. softly

softly

into your life

you're held in it's brilliant glow. softly

softly

feeding itself on the you you'll never know. you're life's reduced to nothing

but an empty media game. big brother ain't watching you mate

you're fucking watching him.