I know this ground beneath me

Is slipping away

And I hear the message you're preaching

I try to escape

Oh, forgive me if I'm not myself

Oh, forgive me if I don't want your help

From experts and preachers, from textbooks and teachers

It's all propaganda

From tabloids and talkshows, from billboards to God knows

It's just propaganda

There's no time to count the civilian

There's work to be done

For until these billions are trillions

Then war will go on

Oh, forgive me if I deviate

Oh, forgive me if I try to escape

The close-up, the soundbite, the replays, the gunfight

It's all propaganda

The tax cuts and think tanks, the loopholes, and the World Bank

Oh, take a look around ya

It's all propaganda

Oh, forgive me if I deviate

Oh, forgive me if I try to escape

Away from this propaganda of

Illusion, confusion, delusion, intrusion

It's all propaganda

From New York to Beijing, if we lose, then they win

From Big Macs to weight loss, from junkies to Kate Moss

From catwalks to blue jeans, from sweatshops to Gucci

Oh, take a look around ya

It's all propaganda