People Are Scared Lyrics - Subhumans

People Are Scared 

by Subhumans (UK) 

from the album "Time Flies... But Aeroplanes Crash" 

[*A Note on the Use of Slang... 

The term "fag" in the first verse does NOT, I repeat, 

does NOT refer to homosexuality. A "fag", in British 

slang (note that the Subhumans are British), 

is a cigarette. -B.T.] 

Nobody says anything on buses 

And it's not the noise the engine makes 

You can watch them all staring nervous 

Sit at the back it's the safest place 

People are scared to say hello 

The flick of the fag the shifting eyes 

Stare in amusement then look away 

The conscious battle of who to despise 

Self-restriction and paranoia 

Self-belief and the silent laugh 

The inner conflict between one another 

When you're all the same it seems so daft 

Nobody says anything on buses 

And that's why people kill themselves 

Desperation against the world 

Can't find a way to express themselves 

Society breeds hate and derision 

But society is only a mass of people 

Striving to be god at the expense of others 

Striving to be better than their next door neighbour 

People are scared underneath their silence 

People are getting more afraid 

They turn to their leaders for help and guidance 

And then the system wins again 

And will carry on winning 'til god knows when 

Til people start to talk to each other 

Everyone just like a brother 

Til the morals and fear that divides us all 

Are no longer the excuse for the system's rule 

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