The sovereign insincerity the monopoly of greed Nickelback and P.O.D. and Brittany and creed The beaurocrats they're leaching on to mediocre trends Your song in heavy rotation from the cash your label spends
From the products you promote to the ones who fit the bill A pre-fabricated goosestep for the pockets that you fill The monotony of censored products shine in the display The same old song of compromise went platinum today
From town and town and state to state The same old song you love to hate The same shit stacked up on your plate Rotate again and syndicate We've been waiting for too long To change the band to change the song Through every day from dusk till dawn We've been brainwashed - sing along No difference the hot new single And Pepsi ads commercial jingle The beauty's withered faded crinkle Just sip the coke and pop the pringle The boardroom is the dragon's lair They play us shit cos they don't care The clearest channel plays unfair And we all want you off the air Overdose on shoddy culture mediocre trends Autotune the bottom line as a means to meet the ends Merging corporate empires create the ill conglomerations And buy up to reprogram major market radio stations
Fabricate one single voice broadcast from sea to sea What once held ideas of change and choice now being controlled fully Deregulations raised the edge of exploitation's bar Politics replaced by bling and clothes and fancy cars Trapped imaginations from the video's burning light Bombarded by monotony that captivates the sight The channel we've been tuned to is all frigid blank and clear Told what to eat and drink and buy and who to hate and fear Poisoned by the fairytale of a capitalistic dream Go to sleep you're free and brave and on the winning team