Citizen
Challenging Conformity: The Upright Citizen's Critique
Lyrics
Words that taunt, a face that sneers
Expressing the presence of words that mock and a facial expression of contempt.
Is it envy or is it fear?
Pondering whether the negative reactions are driven by jealousy or fear.
What gives you the right to criticise?
Questioning the authority of the critic and their entitlement to pass judgment.
When you lead such useless lives
Challenging the credibility of those who criticize, suggesting their own lives lack purpose.
Upright citizen
Referring to the subject as an upright citizen, possibly sarcastically or ironically.
The law is always on your side
Asserting that the legal system consistently favors the individual being addressed.
You're never stuck for a place to hide
Implying that the person always has options for avoiding consequences.
As time goes by your vision goes
Highlighting a decline in moral clarity or insight as time progresses.
You can't see past the end of your nose
Suggesting a limited perspective, an inability to see beyond immediate concerns.
Corrupting your children, telling lies
Accusing the addressed of negatively influencing their own offspring and spreading falsehoods.
Complacent cowards, wasting your lives
Describing the individuals as complacent and cowardly, wasting their lives.
You've got freedom of speech and nothing to say
Pointing out the paradox of having freedom of speech but lacking meaningful content to express.
Put your trust in politicians and believe you're safe
Encouraging blind trust in politicians for a false sense of security.
Say you're respectable, put on your disguise
Challenging the claim of being respectable and alluding to the adoption of a deceptive facade.
When faced with the truth you close your eyes
Accusing the person of closing their eyes when confronted with uncomfortable truths.
There are millions of you and more will follow
Highlighting the prevalence of such individuals and the concern that more will emerge.
Make sure we never have a better tomorrow
Expressing a desire to prevent the possibility of a better future due to their influence.
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