Lyrics
Now is the deadline and always will be
Emphasizes the urgency and permanence of the current situation.
Under the breadline in the land of the free
Describes a state of poverty or low income in a country that claims to be free.
No time to plan it's a planet gone mad
Highlights the chaotic state of the world with no time for planning.
Running on empty illusions of good and bad
Suggests that society operates on false or empty beliefs about good and bad.
Follow the leader do as you're told
Encourages blind obedience to authority figures.
How much can you be controlled?
Raises the question of the extent to which individuals can be controlled.
Learn by example of people with guns
Advocates learning from those who use force or violence to assert their freedoms.
Shooting their mouth off for the freedoms they've won
Criticizes the contradiction of advocating freedom while using aggressive means.
Armed to the playground or bombing for peace
Questions the morality of armed conflict, whether in a playground or on a global scale.
What kind of human is this inhumanity?
Reflects on the inhumanity inherent in certain actions.
Follow the leader do as you're told
Reiterates the theme of blind obedience to authority.
How much can you be controlled?
Repeats the question of individual susceptibility to control.
Tempers and temperatures rising in hand
Describes escalating tensions and awareness of planned events.
With a new understanding of how it's all planned
Suggests a newfound understanding of the orchestrated nature of events.
Bang up to date with the rate of exchange
Refers to staying current with the rapidly changing political and social landscape.
The shorter the sound bite the longer the chains
Comments on the inverse relationship between brevity in communication and the loss of freedom.
Follow the leader do as you're told
Reiterates the call for blind obedience to authority.
How much can you be controlled?
Poses the question of personal limits to control.
Now is the deadline to wake up inside
Repeats the idea of a critical deadline, now with a call to self-awareness.
Being back that feeling of nothing to hide
Expresses the desire to rediscover a sense of openness and honesty.
And nothing to hide from it's totally free
Claims a state of true freedom with nothing to hide.
Everything else is control by degrees
Suggests that everything else is subject to control to varying degrees.
Follow the leader do as you're told
Reiterates the call for blind obedience, tying it to the overarching theme.
How much can you be controlled?
Presents the recurring question of individual susceptibility to control.
Could you be
Presents a hypothetical question about the potential for losing control.
Would you be
Repeats and emphasizes the hypothetical nature of losing control.
Out of control?
Presents the concept of being out of control as a possible state.
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