Return of the Thought Police - Threshold

From a room in a house on a hill

The World can change on the turn of a will

Ooh there’s no need to remind us Ooh you’re killing us with kindness

On the left on the left on the left

A desolate horizon

On the right on the right on the right

A destiny is rising

We forget we forget we forget

The signs and implications

We deny we deny we deny

Our final condemnation

From the dust of oppression and foes

We have risen from our chains

Now the rust of complacency grows

As we give it all away

How did our conscience get so seared

That we could all stand by As victory disappears before our eyes

We can fight against corruption

We can stand for what is true

But we fall when we surrender

To the corporation view

And our faith can only offer

What we faithfully pursue

I promise you I promise you

On the left on the left on the left

Apostasy has spoken

On the right on the right on the right

Our promises are broken

All the things we believe in and know

Fall like targets in a war

All the thoughts we were thinking long ago

Have become unthinkable

How did our conscience get so eared

That we could all stand by As history disappears before our eyes

We can fight against corruption

We can stand for what is true

But we fall when we surrender

To the corporation view

And our faith can only offer

What we faithfully pursue

I promise you I promise you

It’s a silent revolution as so thoughtfully

We’re persuaded til we’re crushed and jaded

Feigning ignorance faking innocence

To belie our inner voice

They shoot us with ideology kill with policy

So protection overrides objection

Contemplation a violation

Til the memory of freedom is gone

Til the memory of freedom is gone

We can fight against corruption

We can stand for what is true

But we fall when we surrender

To the corporation view

And our faith can only offer

What we faithfully pursue

I promise you I promise you

We can fight against corruption

We can stand for what is true

But we fall when we surrender

To the corporation view

And our faith can only offer

What we faithfully pursue

I promise you I promise you