Ministry of Self lyrics

They told me which God I should believe in Which flag I should surrender to That the truth belongs to the state And the lie belongs to the people And anyone who thinks differently Is an enemy Is crazy Is a fool Orwell wrote it But it wasn't fiction The ministry of truth Is television They create an enemy for me So I won't see the thief Who governs with the bible And feeds on corruption Ministry of self They stole my thoughts Ministry of self They taught me to be silent Free to vote Imprisoned for asking questions Ministry of self Where did I end up? The left lies The right lies too And in the middle of the ring I'm the one bleeding They sell me saviors On campaign stages and pulpits And I swallow the rhetoric Along with the obstacles Sartre said We are what we do With what they've done But what can we do When those in power Devour us? Condemned to be free In a country of shackles Free to die in line Trapped in the election Ministry of the self They stole my thoughts Ministry of the self They taught me to be silent They silence me with bread They silence me with fear They silence me with the circus They silence me with secrets But the rage I carry No longer fits in silence I exist I resist And that is not a crime yet Don't silence me Don't mold me Don't sell me Don't rule me I am the people That you have forgotten I am the rage That you have created