My eyes swept across the hall A whole nation up against the wall This evolution hasn't changed a bit The straight-jackets still a perfect fit Used in numbers to maintain the peace Cruelty is taken in with ease When disagreeing voices start to cry They rot in sonic silence right until they die Words unspoken of Living in the rough Still we're here The twenty second century A medieval tyranny Is watching and dictating all we survey There's an army standing guard To take our hopes and dreams apart The key to survival is stand and obey Art and literature controlled by fire Originator's shot by guns for hire The thinking people is a deadly threat To a cold regime so obsoletely led One day you'll decline And we'll be first in line (To turn off this madness) But still we're here The twenty second century A medieval tyranny Is watching and dictating all we survey There's an army standing guard To take our hopes and dreams apart The key to survival is stand and obey Stand and obey Still we're here The twenty second century A medieval tyranny Is watching and dictating all we survey There's an army standing guard To take our hopes and dreams apart The key to survival is stand and obey The twenty second century A medieval tyranny Is watching and dictating all we survey There's an army standing guard To take our hopes and dreams apart The key to survival is stand and obey