We've been solving all our problems by dropping bombs on them Thank God we've got the TV screen to separate ourselves from reality We can fantasize that other peoples Lives are less important than our own And it won't matter who dies as long as it's not someone that we know So now war is peace Slavery is freedom And ignorance is strength War is peace Slavery is freedom And ignorance is strength These government gangs are bearing their Fangs and I'm on the wrong side of the law But the man on the TV says I can have his help for just a small fee I'm holding back my laughter, Holding back my words, I'll hold on to this drink I pose no threat to your authority No, I'm just horrified by the way that you think You think war is peace Slavery is freedom And ignorance is strength War is peace Slavery is freedom And ignorance is strength You don't want to change You're afraid and that's how you're going to stay Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm talking in a language I don't speak I know how to say the words but I don't know what they mean I had a dream the other night I didn't know if I was dead or alive I felt conscious and aware and I felt terrified Now war is peace Slavery is freedom Ignorance is strength War is peace Slavery is freedom And ignorance is strength