For the common good
That glare so piercing
It will burn through your back
Reach, re-educate the soul
Even though this is feigned
Because you need to be taken to task
You need to be taken to task
Obscure my face
In shadows I'll consolidate
Unmasked, I'd be whipped into shape
In shadows, I'll consolidate
False alarmist
They will brand it on your back
Or maniacal sadist
When you are barely defence minded
Because you walk right out of step
Walk right out of step
Obscure my face
Effectively decapitate
Unbowed through
The smear campaign
Effectively decapitate
Effectively, socially
Protectively decapitated
White-out in the blackout
So everybody's running scared
White-out in the blackout
Rank and file and all upstanding
With selective downplaying
White-out in the blackout
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White-out in the blackout
So the oft-duped
Are grossly impaired
White-out in the blackout
Startled, unsettled
Thus curiosity expelled
White-out in the blackout
Homogenous
I'm surplus to this time
That's well contained
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Sullied rat in basement trap
With vital exposé
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White-out in the blackout
Startled, unsettled
Thus curiosity expelled
White-out in the blackout
Obscure my face
Effectively decapitate
Obscure my face
In shadows I'll consolidate
For your own protection
For the retardation