Matt Waite: guitars... Matt Tyson: Vocals
Guitars: Matt Waite, vocals: Matt Tyson
Story behind the song
I wrote these lyrics back in the 90's about the gullibility of people... it has new signifigance for me in the era of Trump!
Lyrics
Charismatic neverland
Mass consumer sleight of hand
You believe you created, you made you what you are
Our new arrival is the master, function follows form
Avert your eyes from the thunderstorm
I can see what the world has done for you
Feeling no remorse
With a hunger for greed and a room with a view
History will be your final ...
BRAINWASH
It lies within your smile
BRAINWASH
Like a willow in the wind, like a soul that's paper thin
Pay the piper, bend the rule, Fathertime is such a fool
Bigger, better fashion slave, have my brainwash
You do -- you go on without end
You do -- you see -- you will change the wind
You decide, you relate it, you define the moment
Manipulation, Golden Rule, at Sunday school
It will arise in the profit share
Media will sell this bitter pill, paying no respect
The art of the deal, seduction in time
It's business -
Another BRAINWASH
It lies between your eyes
BRAINWASH
Thrown together here on earth
One must rule and one must serve
Pull the strings of mortal man until I’m tied up
and I feel it in my brain
Mass consumer sleight of hand
Charismatic neverland
Wait and see when you’re drowning in a pool of your own devise
You deceived, but you have made it on the strength of those lies
You are flirting with disaster
Obselescence planned
Believe the message from the anchorman
You will have the power nevermore
And it’s all your fault
With a finger on the pulse, right down to the core
Misery will be your final…
Brainwash
Let the masses genuflect til the soul is disconnected
Undermine with overkill, crazier is better still
Cleaner, faster, new, improved
Have my Brainwash…
