Subhumans

Oh what a great experience My house is full of deviants My Dad is going mad downstairs My brother has just died his hair [Chorus:] We got punks and drunks And thrills and pills And lots of things to make your head go round It's fun fun fun fun fun til the pig...

I saw the advert on my TV screen Slimline girls and a tea machine Housewife proud of her shiny floor As if that's what she was living for The cat who had his teeth pulled out That's what the public love no doubt A cuddly gimmick to make you smile That cat won'...

All is quiet, all is dead The city has melted The sound has penetrated Through our heads The world has ended, the gas is gone It killed the people now the mutants live on So long to the world That's what they said It's 1984 and it's all gone dead It'...

Ever since they put you away Things haven t been quite the same They cut off all your lovely hair And gave you a brand new brain Sent you to university 'Cos that was the next step up Studying sociology They gave you a plastic cup What happened to you with you...

Drink, Sex, Cigarettes Ford Cortina household pets Bombs? War? Famine? Death? An apathetic public couldn t care less The Public watches ITV Reads The Sun drinks cups of tea Two-star family stay content Their lives controlled by parliament Well daddy's lost hi...

Ashtray Dirt! Your lungs have got a dirty stain All you feel's a cancer pain Fingers turned a sticky yellow color Every one fag is less one hour of your life Life! Life! Life Life! Ashtray Dirt! Don't be a sucker and mess up your life Smoking them fag...

Here we are in the big, big city Plenty of ways to spend your money Getting ripped off is a way of life Stick your money on a skin flint knife No,no,no,no it's too shitty I don't want to live in the big, big city Tourist attractions look at that! Buy me a pl...

Silence - is no reaction "Violence" - that one-word caption Can you say it with just one word? Unspoken - the sins that go unheard [Chorus:] Government... bullshit Black and white... fight Look though this broken window From normality into the ghetto Broken...

Hatred in the hearts of the young population Riots in the streets of the "civilised" nation Was it the poverty? Was it the police? No - it's the British disease The inbred snobbery The patriot law Violence and robbery The state declares war The youth of today...

Here comes the original businessman He smiles at you as he shakes your hand "Listen to me" - he's got a lot to say But you don't understand No, you don't understand So you say "OK" They'll do it once, they'll do it again The world is run by businessmen He ta...

Complicated words are stated Theories become outdated The innovation of your crime Is out of tune and out of No! No! I don t like it! What we gonna do about it? Let s sit down and talk about it Action speaks louder than silence But action is more than just v...

Smile - It s impossible I-I feel disposable You laugh (ha,ha,ha) - and it fucks me up Fag? - has he woken you up? Words - lots of words Mindless - I ain't listening Life - is it such a drag You - don t you wanna fag? What s wrong? Do you feel OK? Drink? or sha...

We react How we feel So we're told But who knows for certain these feelings are real? Like we read And we see All around Media telling us what to believe We carry on laughing In the street You can see All the facts Poverty, violence, hatred, and greed But it's...

Upper downer, side to side We live to watch or have a go Let's reproduce the advert life That winks the “yes” as it yells the “no” (Now you're just a culture addict) And sells the basic contradiction What you need is more addiction Every desire is up for sale...

You fucking lied to me And I trusted you I nearly loved you - Christ! The look in your eyes As you told me lies And you nearly cried So I did it for you Cos you asked me to Like a stab in the back The facts all crack Buildings fall down And God gets the sack...

Dehumanisation They take away your name Civilisation It's the dead man game And we all like living this modern life Television, radio, disco fights Get a steady job - you were born to work Well I can't be bothered, I'm too much of a jerk Dehumanisation As yo...

Get away from the window The D.S. are outside The little packets in our pockets Stuff we gotta hide Sitting in a corner of a disco Mouth stuck in a bag It's hard to fake the high intake It turns your brain real bad Crush a barb put it in a syringe Stick it in...

There's a hole at the bottom of the earth Where the blood pours out at the end of the day When the usual amount of people have died Sit back and watch the death and decay It's a dying world When you're living in a dying world Panicking becomes the everyday thi...

Everyday life, everyday life Something somewhere, just ain't right It's half past eight and I'm here again I'd go for a walk but it's pissing down with rain And if I went for a walk I'd get my head kicked in Cos looking like a punk is some fucking sin All th...

Out in the garden there is a little white rabbit Like Revlon torture for your clean little habits As you wash your hair to keep it clean You get to wonder why VosenesT green And forget about the silent animal screams Out in the garden there is a little white...

When I asked you to lend me a fiver You said you were already broke And when I explained you were living in chains You assumed it was some sort of joke You wanted a job and then got one And learned jokes about sex, Jews, and blacks Got married to help pay the...

We live we die And in between we sit and wonder why Why must we someday die? Tried and tested We live our lives like our dear parents did Tied down and restricted Of gods and guns do we need to die For Christ's sake or for anyone? They call it religion And so...

I need first aid can't you see? I'm cut up bad you can't recognize me Got a couple of bullets in my leg And your morphine shit going through my head Gimme first aid that's what you're for Gimme a shot gotta make sure Gimme first aid hold me down Something's w...

So I get up in the morning like most people do I look in the mirror and I think of you So I smash it to pieces and go downstairs I walk down the road and meet someone I knew It could've been god but I think it was you So I forget all about it I don't really ca...

I really wish I'd spoken up 'Cos now it seems you've broken up You're signals weak, your address unknown I heard you're in a Barratt home Semi-detached and double-glazed I hope you come around some day All we want is a whole lot less Of the voice saying "here...

Well they took you from your mother's womb and put you in a school Told you how to run your life by following the rules Told you not to pick your nose or disrespect the queen Scrub your teeth three times a day keep mind and body clean Save up all your pocket m...

You call us weirdos, you call us crazy. You say we're evil, you say we're lazy. You say we're just the violent type. Kinda dumb not too bright. [Chorus:] We don't care what you say - fuck you! We don't care what you say - fuck you! You tell your friends tha...

I am a germ under your skin I crawl through your veins and I work my way in I play with your health I destroy all there is I m the germ in your mouth when you give her a kiss And tomorrow they'll put you away And the doctors all they will say Is- You re gonna...

I'm not a machine made of plastic parts I got a brain but I ain't got a heart Ain't got a name I been dead for years But now I'm alive with my new ideas Get out of my way I ll knock you down My throats on fire with a nihilistic sound We've been too dumb for f...

Get up in the morning Alarm clocks clean socks Brush your teeth look neat Join the others on the street Bus ride tube train Going off to work again Up to the third floor Name on the office door Paper lying on the floor Pick it up and do some more Lunch break b...

Well aren't you glad to be alive Had your brain took out when you were five Learned to respect your mum and dad And no, there's nothing wrong with that But when they tell you what to do It preconceives your point of view And when you've got to 22 Well you'll b...

Down in the basement in the house with the police outside There's something secret hidden away In various crates in a paralyzed state Are the heads for the mood of the day There's one full of piety and one for anxiety And one for when we're heading for war And...

Here comes the hero At temperature zero Warming his hands on the crowd He says "now that I've changed I'm exactly the same" But nobody hears cos the cheering's too loud Hypocrisy on a massive scale Hero/cult/revolutionary It's all a show But now we know All t...

There's a bomb going off in Belfast There's a war in Vietnam There's a T.V. documentary To help you understand But the other channel is better Cos it doesn't tax your mind Relax in the ignorance of your home As man destroys mankind And the rest of the world ha...

It's getting out of hand, they don't understand They never ever will, they never ever can Don't wanna live if I can't be free The system kills but it won't kill me I don't wanna die Can't run away, come back someday Cos it won't change whatever you say Fear an...

I wanna complain ‘cos I think I like it I get deranged when it's all gone quiet You never have guessed the internal riot I only drink ‘cos it helps me think That I understand all the reasons why it… It burns like some communal strength Unrealised hence "unrea...

I don t like the way I m living No one gives me any choice You don t like the way I m singing But all I got is my fucking voice I can t get a word in edgeways Surrounded by so many lies They just treat us like subhumans We re the people they despise I m tellin...

Joe Public in an overcoat A smile on his face and his fingers down your throat Making you stick with his victory salute Vs up for England or does he mean fuck you!? If looks could kill he'd stare you into the ground The flatulence of greed keeps his money goin...

You-You're driving me insane But you know there's something wrong with my brain My head is really in a whirl You look just like a normal girl But you don't really care It happens everywhere You don't give a shit Forget about it! Forget about it! Forg...

Call me punk cos I wear a leather jacket Call me a hippie cos I believe in love and peace Call me an idealist cos of songs like this one You can call me what you like I am all and none of these Fix a label on me to keep illusions happy Fix a label on me does...

Love is a bastard it tears you apart Just when you thought you didn't have a heart Couldn't give a fuck cause you didn't know how And suddenly everything brings you down Love is a bastard it fucks you up Make up break up totally messed up Lipstick stains and l...

Mickey Mouse is dead Got kicked in the head Cos people got too serious They planned out what they said They couldn't take the fantasy They tried to accept reality Analyzed the laughs Cos pleasure comes in halves The purity of comedy They had to take...

Don't ask the people what the people think They've got no opinion but they still think we stink The great British public, the great majority The safe foundation of our society But we're them We're the minority, won't go away We're the minority and we're...

Swelling on the face and other random places Poison in the bloodstream This is not a daydream Suffering in silence Bordering on violence Thoughts about revenge So bitten by mosquitoes I hate mosquitoes and they hate me! Beauty's in the eye of the broken bath...

There’s someone on the doorstep with a button in his hand All this western culture fix has blown apart his land Until we make connections with the way it’s all been planned His hate for us is something we'll never understand Advertise democracy then offer i...

So you're living in fast world See the people you've already killed See what you've done with that machine of yours You can't justify it, you ain't got a cause [Chorus:] It's only cos we're living in a new age You don't know what you're like when you're in a...

In the lounge of class distinction Rank and number neatly sprawled In the luxury of income Sat the new boy feeling cold Sat there thinking "Where's the toilet?" Dropped his cigarettes and coughed Waiting for a chance to pick them up - That's when the lights w...

No, I don't believe in Jesus Christ My mother died of cancer when I was 5 No, I don't believe in religion I was forced to go to church, I wasn't told why No, I don't believe in the police force Police brutality isn't a dream No, I don't believe in the s...

In a smoke-filled room "How's it going then?" (Hahaha) It's not going at all We got no more gigs You always knew it could be better But you never thought it would end It only happens cos of other people All the money that that they spend On David Bowie LPs Whe...

You sat on a bus and wondered What future is there in this? Working all week to get money Cos money gets you pissed So you thought "I wanna be famous" And recorded a demo tape Sent it to all the companies And all they had to say was No thanks sonny We've hear...

Who's gonna fight? Who thinks it right? The threat of war is a passing phase Try telling that to a waiting grave They say the bunkers will be safe They're not big enough for the human race So who's gonna fight? Who's having fun? Gonna carry a gun? I got to f...

Oh my god it's raining again And a seven-year-old anarchist is blowing up Berlin My Subs LP is still brand new But what does it matter? There's nothing I can do! There's a great big hole in my back door And everyone expects a nuclear war I've been on the beer...

The government are real good to us They crowd in their shelters and let us die The nuclear holocaust won't last long White turns to black in the sky You build your demolition war What the hell are you fighting for? You keep your peace with the starving count...

Nobody says anything on buses And it's not the noise the engine makes You can watch them all staring nervous Sit at the back it's the safest place People are scared to say hello The flick of the fag the shifting eyes Stare in amusement then look away The consc...

Peroxide girl with a false ID Lost and lonely she can t see Peroxide hair and burnt out eyes Blinded by so many lies Peroxide! Peroxide! Because nobody cares? What do you do? You dye your hair Her hair was just a boring mess She had never known success Saw t...

Guilty conscience stews away in the kitchen Knock at the door it s the next door neighbour Farming is a living killing is a crime Where do the meat men draw the line? Revenge for the timeless market slaughter The pig man's coming lock up your daughter Gener...

Read it in the paper the other day, but not the day before Neither in the one that came after it, so it’s out of sight once more Everyone says it’s too hot outside and the Canteen's gone downhill The food ain't what it used to be, but I don't see 'em being ill...

A passing stranger dressed in black With slogans painted on his back Turned and stared and laughed and carried on Another came and did the same At first they made me feel ashamed But then I realised what I had done Without asking I had broke the rules W...

I really need to talk to someone Please hold while I put you through I think I need a new subscription To a life outside this queue It's not the waiting It's the knowing There's no end at the other end The stock replies anaesthetise the pain And then it starts...

Well it's dark outside And it's raining And the atmosphere Is like it always has been Thoughts of revolution How and why? Just pass on by Glood and depression Faked deprivation "Well I got no money" Are you depressive? or depressing? Obsessive? Or obsessed? S...

A sense of enterprise is here The attitudes that conquer fear Stability togetherness The feeling cannot be suppressed Hand in hand we had our say United we stand but so did they Hands in handcuffs dragged away To cheers of hate and victory! We fought the city...

Reality isn't easy to define Like turning water into whine It's a dream of fact based on fiction Everything you do has it's restrictions Everyone has their own definition The record shops got plastic nutrition Cos music is the food of love But reality is waiti...

What s your reason for existence? Do you believe in anything? Or does your lifestyle contradict The words you write the songs you sing? Are you happy in your work As you protest abut the unemployed You don t wanna work but you need the money The reality you c...

Do you believe in the afterlife Termination with a rusty knife Religious wars no reason why What a glorious way to die In the name of God they left you to die Religious wars there's no reason why They left you to die The ultimate excuse is here Die for a cau...

Diverting conversations Subverting inspiration With the mere regurgitation Of the one-way information On the screen Consuming with resistance Assuming moral distance While we lap up the insistence That the next Will be the best We've ever seen Plug me in - T...

So much money where does it all come from? We re paying for democracy never mind the bomb So much money what does it do? It puts them in power where they shit on you You don t care about the social disease You got so much money you can do as you please Too ma...

Our society, what a drag Another nervous breakdown, another fag You can't get to sleep cos you lost your pills And the protein tablets make you ill Our society, what a drag! Drive around in a smashed up car Sometimes you wonder who you are You look depressed...

She sits here drinking What does the fiction represent? The TV Scandal Can make her break out in a sweat She watches it to make her feel part Of something she never was She sings a song That her father whistled while he worked It helps her relax A mild depres...

Flowers that decay on the graves that are fresh The problem got buried alongside the flesh The contamination of body and soul By nuclear waste dumped along time ago When fther was thirty he worked for the state Producing the weapon to keep a stalemate Deterenc...

Working class hero? No such thing Put on your Martens. you still can't sing No organised class, it's out of control Your mates are so young, you feel so old No new religion follow yourself Plastic fashions lined up on a shelf The shop has closed down it's a s...

We are all controlled by reinforcement or rules Passed by those who are merely the tools of a system Where achievement is based on deceit of the masses By someone in whom they believe We are all controlled by the straight-line thinking of straight-line thinker...

And it all went quiet in the city And the wind blew down the road Someone cried out "Subvert" And the people all went cold Subvert, subvert, subvert, SUBVERT Meanwhile back in Subvert City Someone's writing on the wall "Fuck the government" spray-paint hero So...

40 years in the local store Got forced out by the supermarket The price of all your favorite meals Stays low but now you can’t afford it Send in the supermarket forces Supermarketeering plans To simplify and save you time Alternatives are there to feed you B...

Susan finished school at 16 Wants to be a secretary 2 years later she's got nowhere Ends up in a factory Making matches it's so boring She gets sad and so depressed Hears her doctor smugly tell her "Take these pills and get some rest" But she takes it one step...

A combination of work and rest Keeps your head in a total mess Just like we're all supposed to be A part of this sick society Where they give you a rest three weeks a year To fill yourself with drugs and beer The rest of the time it's time for work The junky t...

This is not an advert! [x4] I notice adverts everywhere It’s even on the clothes you wear And still you smile so unaffected Is all this anger misdirected? Relate the logo on the t-shirt And now you're just a walking advert Do you really care who made it? Swea...

There’s war in the headlines, there’s war in the heads Of the leaders who feed us till we’re overfed We’re not hungry anymore for your diet of war Malnutrition for the global poor The people stood in breadlines Are still paying for the landmines Are bei...

Can you hear the sound of people laughing Because they think they know it all? Where they've been and where they're going As if they themselves had written on the wall The assuredness that power and money give them Their fate decided by their parents' cash The...

What size are you supposed to be? Too fat, too thin, too scared - all three The pounds and ounces hierarchy Of processed people in 3D Don't lose weight you need to survive Just to live up to their lies All those smiles and patron-eyes Are how your looks get s...

OK let's start at the beginning When fishes roamed the sea They swam around before anything else In ten million years B.C. Then one day they decided To evolve into vertebrates And a few came out of the water And got drunk to celebrate Soon, well when I say "so...

I don't think I am what I was before I never watched anyone die before I wish I'd never left home I wish I'd left it alone Temptation is a disease You can never do as you please Your body takes over and your mind don't care Never think twice what might happen...

Sick of all these dumb solutions Why not tell me something new? I've been hearing so much bullshit It's impossible to tell the truth How can they preach all their morals When they're worse than we'll ever be? We're a useless threat to their walls of silence B...

You paint your leather jacket but it comes off in the rain And the more you cut your hair the more it grows again The badges you pin on yourself fall off or start to rust And the more they take the piss the less people you can trust It's the story of your lif...

What's your number? What's your name? What's your status? What's your game? Down the station come with me All you punks you're all the same What's your name? no one cares Forget your name - what's your number? We got your number on a file Right on the bottom...

When the bomb drops I'll be a bank holiday Everybody happy in their tents and caravans Everybody happy in their ignorance and apathy Nobody realises until their television breaks down The voices of the people are going unheard They got nothing to say cos they'...

We're going backwards Into the sin of self-neglect What do we stand for? It's very easy to forget The protest marches Is it the done thing to object? So where's the freedom? Your conscience hangs around your neck Where's the freedom? We're going crazy With par...

The government talks about conscription Another self-imposed restriction Their excuse is no conviction Patriotism: It's all fiction There ain't no patriots here no more Who's gonna fight in the third world war? Everyone knows it just ain't right Don't we ge...

Change is not progress unless it feels better And waiting for better just makes it feel worse We blow all the bubbles of hope and excitement Try to calm down before they all burst Too used to asking for things we deserve Clean water in taps or somewhere to li...

In the silence of a grave In the word's of someone's hero A blue television screen Words don't mean anything In this word factory Replacement parts are free Pictures of failed ideas Only took me 15 years All your words can not describe The attitudes that lie i...

Working for money and the system too Thought the dole queue made you worthless Now you're slaved to a public machine Getting somewhere...is this what they mean? Worthless....not enough money! I'd rather work for money Than just for something to do But then why...

When the people of the country have forgotten how to disagree And the national economy is said to be OK And the wages that you get will help you to forget Will you keep your ideologies or throw them all away? When the system has you beaten Even now you haven'...

There's a film at the cinema And people go in pairs They show it at night And some people get scared And once you're inside They lock all the doors And the seats are all empty And there's blood on the floor [Chorus:] It's a Zyklon B-Movie Straight out of the...