Power Ames Lyrics - Subhumans

A passing stranger dressed in black 

With slogans painted on his back 

Turned and stared and laughed and carried on 

Another came and did the same 

At first they made me feel ashamed 

But then I realised what I had done 

Without asking I had broke the rules 

Without knowing, I had made them fools 

By merely looking different 

To those who knew the game 

The unity was there to see 

A mass of non-conformity 

There s something wrong, or is it me? 

But they all look just the same 

They hung around in silent pairs 

And gave out their derisive stares 

To anyone who envied or ignored 

A leaflet saying Smash the state 

Work in love and not hate 

Got snatched and ripped and ground into the floor 

Without asking it, I had caught them out 

Without knowing what it was all about 

They assumed it was a wind-up or a con 

Making sure with a nervous glance 

They re-affirmed each other s stance 

And smiled and then forgot and carried on 

The passing strangers stayed that way 

And rotted away in their own decay 

Convinced they d got it right, the rest were wrong 

By deriding them to gain respect 

They tied a noose around their neck 

And fell when something different came along 

Without asking them, they were soon put down 

Without knowing why, they looked around 

And found a new dictatorship in power 

Acting just as they had done 

But on the other end it s not much fun 

And all their sweet delusions soon turned sour 

One man s hand is another man's fist 

And so the power games still exist 

And on idea is right, the rest are wrong 

While such ideas as this are here 

We'll never live without the fear 

Of feeling that we somehow don't belong