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Opium

Lost in the haze so far away
How can we get back home?
Lost in the haze so far away
Who's going to guide us home?

I've struggled to get near it, to backwards engineer it,
but all I find is a smoke and mirrors game
The recondite monopolise the airwaves
‘till all believe there is no other way

And this is how we live our lives
Our opium is televised
‘Till finally they watch us fade away

Our lifeless generation is going to the wall
A languid demonstration of daze before a fall
A preconceived condition imagined long ago
But will we ever know all that lies below?

They'll print it on the front page to synthesise an outrage,
but all we find is a decoy once again
Duplicity and trickery surround us
‘till all believe there is no other way

And this is how we fall asleep
Their opium is running deep
‘Till finally they watch us fade away

Our lifeless generation is going to the wall
A languid demonstration of daze before a fall
A preconceived condition imagined long ago
Will we ever know all that lies below?

Waiting to play
Are we the pawns in this game?
Paving the way
Watching the kings make their claim
Martyrs and spies
Although we don't realise
Falling away
under the watch of their eyes

This is the way we've chosen to be
This is the road that we go down
As clear as the day but still we don't see
We'll only know when it's over

Lost in the haze so far away
How can we get back home?
Lost in the haze so far away
Who's going to guide us home?

And this is how our nation dies
Our opium has satisfied
And finally they watch us fade away

Our lifeless generation is going to the wall
A languid demonstration of daze before a fall
A preconceived condition imagined long ago
Will we ever know all that lies below?

Lost in the haze so far away
How can we get back home?
Lost in the haze so far away
Who's going to guide us home?

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