As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade

As the veneer of democracy starts to fade
Some say the internment camp’s already built

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 stroboscopic stun guns
The 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 muzzle laws are introduced
Ban on association
Silent night, curfews tight

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