H D Riot

Here's the daily news of the twisted views

Of the banks and the businessmen

Of the war and waste of the human race

And how our lives are already spent

But we knew it already cos it's been on the telly

It's another world out there

It's a cultural fix as the images flick

And it keeps us all stuck in our chairs

It’s what we come to see

The basic enemy

Is inactivity

They don't care what's on as long as people stay in watching it

Now the programme’s on about the rights and wrongs

And it's hard to agree which is which

The screens get bigger the closer we get

Till the rest of the world doesn't fit

Now every one's son is at number one

And there's nothing left to surprise

The war and the weather and the show goes on

And everyone's in disguise

The new celebrity

Has anonymity

It could be you or me

They don't expect what happens next: The gut reaction realised

There's a fight for the right to not get shot

For gathering on the streets

And closer to home when the fuse is blown

It's a race to grab a TV

It's high definition of aiming low

In a culture of hope destroyed

Now see the effects of your disrespect

And how it's gone world wide

Your “Big Society”

Is out there rioting

What's your priority?

All sides in this culture war are out there saying “never again”