Out Of Control

I used to smile at the camera

But now it's on every corner

And everyone is staring

Ignorant or tired or caring

Or just completely used to feeling

Watched all the time

Or holding back a sense of freedom

That comes out late at night

It's out of control

Orwell's future science fiction

Ended up a near prediction

Smug the rebel's lonely chorus

'We saw it before it saw us'

Flick the page to a few years later

The novelty is out of date -- a

Problem redefined has gone

Now we're told it's what we wanted

It's out of control

It's out of control

It's out of control

Now everyone's on camera

And everyone's an actor

Here's a random factor

Someone took away the screen

E-motion pictures in 3-D

Beyond control the human being

Is freer than the one projected

Being watched to keep control

Of 'crime' -- A buzzword has it's hold

Another such is 'you' -- it makes us

Follow where the message takes us

Either down the path to silence

Where no-one says more than they're told

Or to the realisation

Our containment needs permission

Our acceptance paves the way

That makes it worse when we get old

Grandad had so much to say

But all his anger had gone cold

Tried & tested, failed suppressed

Then new technology invested

Here's the future human being

Silent, nervous, dead or screaming

No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!

No! No! It's out of control!