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Who Do You Think They're Trying to Control?

from Still Relevant by Manifest

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Sixth track on the Manifest album "Still Relevant"

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Do you want to allow yourself to be electrocuted, beaten down and cut open?
Shackled ankles, hands in chains, stripped and searched, property seized with no reason.
No suspicion, no evidence against you
Taken in an unmarked van, to be turned to an unperson,
Kept in rooms, on your own, under mental duress,

Now you no longer believe, what you thought you’d believed.

If we allow torture, the criminal won’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
If we bestow a death sentence, the paedophile won’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
If we allow secret trials, the terrorist won’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
If we give up our rights, then no one will win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in

Why would you want to give up your rights?
Is it through fear or PR machinations?
Media Circus got your brain?
Who do you think they’re trying to control?

If we suppress our dissenters, extremists won’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
Lower the burden of proof, the deceitful won’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
Disallow some men the vote, so the stupid can’t win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in
If we give up our rights, then no one will win
But the Government wins, because we’ve given in

Why would you want to give up your rights?
Is it through fear or PR machinations?
Media Circus got your brain?
Who do you think they’re trying to control?

If you never question authority, be prepared to live in fear
Fear of busses, trains, shops, planes and people standing near
Just imagine all those threats and your subconscious makes it real
Who needs terrorists now they’ve controlled how you feel?
Human rights are a sheath on the sword of Damocles
A last line of protection against a biased weighted system
We must fight to the death, we must fight to the death
Because it’s us that they want to control

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from Still Relevant, released October 19, 2013

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Manifest Manchester, UK

Manchester Hardcore Punk band Manifest. Brought together by commonality, motivated by malice and held together by conviction, Manifest are Old Core Hard School Punks with a Heavy duty sound filled with explosive vocals and strong string and stick work.

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