Liberation Lyrics - Chumbawamba

There's always been a pattern of struggle and defeat 

Never that cycle incomplete 

Never enough to tip the scales 

Too many people rotting in jails 

Or bloodied on the battlefields 

The history books from every age 

Have the same words written on every page 

Always starting with 'Revolution' 

And ending with 'Capitulation' 

Always silenced by the truncheon 

Or bought out with concessions 

Always repetition... 

Repetition... repetition... repetition... 

(Repeat) 

'I'm the boss of the factory 

'I'm in charge of the U.K.C. 

'Shopfloor workers run and fetch 

'As I sit around and smugly watch 

'And the process makes me stinking rich' 

We're all links in the factory chain 

And the chain grows longer day by day 

And whilst we're apart 

The process won't stop 

Repetition... repetition... repetition... 

(Repeat) 

But we're kept apart by philosophies 

And moral stances and policies 

We'll be stuck in our own little ghettos forever 

'Til we start to work together 

Together... Together... Together... Together in the open or together in our little heaven? 

Fighting for total change, or working for concessions? 

Do we take what is ours, or ask that it be given? 

Are we stealing it together, or asking for permission? 

Even though we disagree we share a common enemy 

Our methods may not be the same 

But together we can break the chain 

Different aims, different means, with common ground in between 

Don't sit back, it's time to act 

This life is ours, let's snatch it back 

Even though we disagree we share a common enemy 

Our methods may not be the same 

But together we can break the chain 

Different aims, different means, with common ground in between 

Don't sit back, it's time to act 

This life is ours, let's snatch it back 

The time has come to make a choice 

Stop taking orders from His Master's Voice!