Roll back the surveillance state

VERSE

E                                                  A

Big tech monopolies are on the march

E              Bf

Acting improperly

Working for the government and sucking us in

They capitalise on me

BRIDGE

A               

I thought I was protected

C#m

Pretty much hid

A

But they've got more power

Bf

Than the Stasi ever did

CHORUS

E                        Bf                 C#m            A

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

A                         Bf             E

Roll back the surveillance state

VERSE

The door doesn't swing both ways, I can't see back

But I've welcomed them into my home

Behind DRMs, and a legal maze

Now I can't even open things I own

BRIDGE

Am I sensor?

Or something to be sensed?

The smart cities watching 

And they know I'm against

CHORUS

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

MIDDLE

A

I've seen the sum it

Bf

And no good can come of it

C#m            E

Stories like this always

A       Bf

End unhappily

Democracy dies

Everyone cries

Behind closed doors then

Descend dramatically

CHORUS

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE (Quiet)

In a world without scarcity I'm doing alright

I've every necessity

Every need met and I've security

Except the basic right to be free

BRIDGE

I thought I was protected

Pretty much hid

But they've got more power

Than the Stasi ever did

CHORUS

But  I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

LYRICS ONLY

Big tech monopolies are on the march

Acting improperly

Working for the government and sucking us in

They capitalise on me

             

I thought I was protected

Pretty much hid

But they've got more power

Than the Stasi ever did

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

The door doesn't swing both ways, I can't see back

But I've welcomed them into my home

Behind DRMs, and a legal maze

Now I can't even open things I own

Am I sensor?

Or something to be sensed?

The smart cities watching 

And they know I'm against

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

I've seen the sum it

And no good can come of it

Stories like this always

End unhappily

Democracy dies

Everyone cries

Behind closed doors then

Descend dramatically

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state

In a world without scarcity I'm doing alright

I've every necessity

Every need met and I've security

Except the basic right to be free

I thought I was protected

Pretty much hid

But they've got more power

Than the Stasi ever did

But I don't want big brother deciding my fate

Roll back the surveillance state