the fake sound of progress

somebody told me that i'd always have to bow

if that was true i would have fallen apart by now

the more you think

the less you act their way

so can you hear this

the fake sound of progress?

never reason with a fool

but is that unkind?

looks like i've lost my mind once again

i know it all sounds so contrived

but it's got to me

you know i've got to be more than this

don't frown

don't scorn

cause i walk a different street to you

you look so worn

i bet that life has got you blown

but it will never get to me

somebody told me that i'd always have to bow

if that was true i would have fallen apart by now

the more you think

the less you act their ways

so can you hear this

the fake sound of progress?

and i feel the way you hold

hold me back from this

chances that i've missed

now they're gone

apathy is all i sense

the feeling's too intense

sitting on a fence and can't decide

don't frown

don't scorn

cause i walk a different street to you

you look so worn

i bet that life is has got you blown

no body will ever get to me

somebody told me that i always have to bow

if that was true i would have fallen apart by now

the more you think

the less you act their ways

so can you hear this

the fake sound of progress?

all these words that i accounted for

never fear another day

always charged but i need more

make me take away

tell me now

can you hear the sound

of all these people falling down

growing back into the ground let me smile again. swing it

tell me now can you hear the sound

of the record spinning

round and round

for on and on it sounds like the same old

song that i keep singing

it sounds like

dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah

somebody told me that i'd always have to bow

if that was true i would have fallen apart by now

the more you think

the less you act their ways

so can you hear this

the fake sound of progress?

yeah yeah yeah progress

make me smile again