Voice Of Dissent Lyrics - Behind Enemy Lines

In university vivisection labs another million of government grants is spent 

For better money a lawyer sells out the client he's supposed to represent 

Insurance companies public relations campaigns are an undisputable lie 

Blaming 'insurance fraud' as the reason why premiums are so ridiculously high 

They use their advertising propaganda to convince the people that they're not corrupt 

And so the disabled are viewed as criminals, while they're the ones who won't pay up 

Pharmaceutical stock-holding doctors playing god with peoples lives 

They'll subject you to chemotherapy knowing well you won't survive 

The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands 

Is why this capitalist system and government still stands 

How many patients will die from a disease without the cause ever being known 

Like the members of the military who are now inflicted with gulf war syndrome 

Could this be another mysterious disease that they swear lacks their involvement 

Or an experiment done by the chemical-biological warfare department 

Research and production paid for by the pentagon's black budget funding 

That's secretly been agreed to be increased by the next presidential candidate running 

Whose office has to be bought quickly because he's running out of time 

And his opponent endorsed capital punishment first to show he's tough on crime 

The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands 

Is why this capitalist system and government still stands 

But both will agree the reports of political prisoners are merely fairy tales 

It's absurd to think that innocent people might inhabit our jails 

It's more acceptable and politically profitable to believe the corrupt F.O.P. 

Whose true colors are occasionally caught on videotape for the entire world to see 

In addition to cops beating dissidents there are more extreme solutions 

Like the government sanctioned lobotomies performed in mental institutions 

That the state can confidently assure us no longer occurs 

Apathy is the condition that their money and propaganda now preserves 

The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands 

Is why this capitalist system and government still stands 

Status is manipulated by capital, those with wealth now feed the publics view 

Power is kept beyond the peoples reach, the world is run by the few 

People of independent and artistic thought have all been ostracized 

Now seen as freaks and lunatics culture has been lobotomized 

Finances now proclaim importance, the businessmen hold the respected opinion 

And possess the means to maintain their power in this capitalist dominion 

They take every precaution to insure that our path's already set 

And revel in their efforts when we absolutely pose no threat 

Just like the child on Ritalin that's force-fed drugs to control behavior 

Or the flock of worshippers on their knees obedient servants to their savior 

Or the people who once stood defiant that alcohol now keeps complacent 

Or the suppression of the imagination, thanks to mindless entertainment 

The entertaining of our minds leads to the containing of our lives 

Where compassion has no place but capitalism thrives 

And the ruling class survives because money dictates what's right 

While the ills of our society are conveniently kept out of sight 

When we mirror their ideals and adhere to money and control 

It affects all facets of our lives and swiftly takes its toll 

No person or profession is immune from moneys filthy reach 

It turns us against one another and keeps us on a leash 

When money and distractions reinforce the oppressive grasp 

Any hopes of creating change will regrettably collapse 

The more problems we have as individuals, the more we seem to miss 

The more they divert our attention the more they can accomplish 

The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands 

Is why this capitalist system and government still stands 

We naively believe that if we just play their game then maybe we stand a chance 

We step on one another in hopes that our lives will soon advance 

We overlook each other's needs and give in to the pressures of the state 

We don't trust our leaders when it comes to politics but we allow them to control our fate 

If we live our lives under their heel do we really have a choice 

But to break the cycle of silence and raise our dissenting voice 

To support government oppression by indifference may not be our intent 

But it's still just as effective as if we gave them our consent