Mark Stewart — As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade lyrics

Lyrics

It was one of those ambiguous days of rising tension
I remember drunks saying it could never happen here
As the more subtle forms of coercion proved ineffective
More and more sophisticated surveillance techniques are introduced
subsonic, and, and stun guns
Scavengers cannot take it much longer
As the small bands of interference realize they are totally unprepared for what
lies ahead
Police computer banks linked to medical, financial, and political records
Magnetic card-carry as a means of identification
At the heart of the military-industrial complex, the scavengers cannot take it
much longer
Protest groups encouraged and tolerated (and infiltrated)
As a means of diversion
As the helicopters circle overhead
With their heat-detecting infrared cameras
Electronic, ele-ele-ele-electronic suspicion
Electronic, electronic, electronic, electronic suspicion
Electronic suspicion, techno fear
Electronic suspicion, techno fear
New are introduced
Ban on association
Silent
Electronic suspicion, techno fear
Electronic suspicion, techno fear
Electronic suspicion, techno fear
As the more subtle forms of coercion prove ineffective, more and more
sophisticated, subversive techniques are introduced
Paramilitary police acting as a private army for the bosses
Trying to break the back of organized labor
To get a cheap, strike-free workforce