Story Behind the Song
We think we're free. But with so much pressure to do what "They" tell you, and to listen to whatever "They" say and take it as the ultimate truth, I often doubt whether we're allowing ourselves to be free at all.
Lyrics
look around you, thinkin you're free, what do you see
look around you, all you see is riches
the channel switches, it's dark, with the trash dumped in ditches
this ain't real, flip your channels again
see more debates on the state of your local government
as if it matters, I got bigger matters to shatter
with the illusions of perfection, we're losin direction,
matters of the mind and matters of the heart are too far apart
we gotta take part in the fine art of accepting that perfection is rare, if existent
and that every move we make is ruled over by the system,
we built it, we felt it was needed to ensure,
that the few remained to seal the exit door
look around you,
look around you, thinkin you're free, what do you see
look around you, thinkin you can do no wrong
the media's on, the coverage of everything gone wrong
but nothing we know, comes even close to the truth
mixed messages, distortions and lies to feed the minds of youth
...so how close are we to goin anywhere we wanna go, we wanna know
the truth, but then we'd just laugh at it, and show
that we couldn't deal with world issues bigger than your neighbourhood fashion addicts
look around you
look around you, thinkin you're free, what do you see
look around yourself, and judge the people there
you think you're in the perfect paradise, but you're nowhere
no one can tell me how to live, and I don't care
i do what i like, not what's cool, so don't go there
i know there's got to be, more than one way to live
but no one has the time to give
caught in a treadmill
and your head's filled with lies,
and televised pictures that we love and despise
at the same time, they'd say it's too late to climb
put the nation on prozac, with artificial plastic shine
so whatcha gonna do about this situation,
you gonna let it go, or are you gonna stand facin
look around you, thinkin you're free, what do you see
look around you, thinkin you're free, what do you see
look around you, think you're free, what do you see
look around you, thinkin you're free, what can you see
look around you, thinkin you're free
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