Just Taking Orders
Channel: Caitlin Johnstone
Date: 2021-09-07

New song.

Lyrics:

they took your art away
they took your joy away
they took your wonder away
but who is "they"? 
we are "they"
we are all someone's "they"

so scared of shame
so scared of disappointment
we give up our will holding on 
to the just world fallacy//
that if we only choose 
the right voice to listen to
then we'll make it out of here
alive

so we hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
our authority
hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
all that is real about me

we deify corporate entities
by their wisdom we must be lead
everyone is just taking orders
from the CEOs to the talking heads

but our gods do not have hearts
our gods do not have heads
our gods exist in paperwork
and cayman island bank accounts

we trudge on through sand and fog,
cuz corporations are looked upon 
as people by law, and as gods by people
so we follow our headless leaders on

and we hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
our authority
hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
all that's real about me

even the CEOs are slaves to the headless corporate entity
sacrificing life and soul to avoid its ruthless enmity

please your mom, please your dad, please your shareholders, turn that mystery crank
don't think, just do, don't stop, just do, don't try to pull rank
i'm just taking orders (don't blame me) 
I'm just taking orders (don't blame me)
i'm just taking orders (don't blame me) 
(don't blame me)

no one's here, no one's thinking, stand up, sit down, shoot them, just taking orders 
we're civilized in our savagery cuz we're all just taking orders
have to do this, must do that, who said, they said, just taking orders
doing things for people who are doing things for people who are doing things for people who are doing things for people who are

and we hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
our authority
hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
all that is real about me

headless entities don't see humans
they see resources
they don't see homes and trees
they see resources

they don't see feelings
they see levers and hooks 
to leverage you 
into giving them all you got

no one real's here, no one real's in charge
the reckoning's upon us but we do our tax return
the earth is on fire but I've a zoom call at 10
gotta please the gods, gotta turn the work churn 

and we hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
our authority
hand over hand over hand over hand over hand
all that is real about me

the queen my lord is dead
nah she's asleep, don't believe the lies
queen is plural, she's all of us
and she's about to open her eyes

the gods' days are numbered
the queen will return
not one but many
our sovereign will returned

the queen's the small voice inside of us
that whispers "i really like it here"
the queen is life, the gods are death
off with their headless heads

may the rapture enrapture you
may the humbling break you til you're elated
may your art spill out your heart
may wonder shake you til you're naked

may the rapture enrapture you
may the humbling break you til you're elated
may your art spill out your heart
may wonder shake you til you're naked

may the rapture enrapture you
may the humbling break you til you're elated
may your art spill out your heart
may wonder shake you til you're naked

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