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Old Thinker Unbellyfeel

from TOWERS OPEN FIRE by TOWERS OPEN FIRE

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Fake News and Disinformation; name checking George Orwell's '1984' and 'Newspeak'. Doubleplusgood songwise!

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OLDTHINKER UNBELLYFEEL

Much of our knowledge-base isn’t exactly robust.
Lots of the things we know, we have just taken on trust.
I’ve never seen South America with my own eyes.
How do I know that it’s real and it isn’t all lies?

In the secret studios
Where all the fake news grows
O’Brian proudly shows
How this thing goes...

Watching the news, I’m aware of a curious stink,
Smells like it’s something the government wants me to think.
Some of their speakers appear to believe it’s a fact
And some of them know it’s a lie, and they’re in on the act.

But their eyes disclose
It’s in the words they chose
And that O’Brian, he knows
And it shows!

They know the best way to cook up a dish of deceit
Making the thing irresistibly spicy and sweet.
Millions of people surrender and swallow the swill
You can do that If you like but I don’t think I will.

O’Brian tries to seal the deal
But Oldthinker Unbellyfeel....
O’Brian frowns, he’s understood
Oldthinker Doubleplus Ungood...
O’Brian ponders then decides
Oldthinker to be Vaporised...

Something is coming up strongly on my Twitter feed.
Is it just garbage or something that I should believe?
How do I know if it’s lies? Or whether it’s right
Nothing to go on but something they call second sight.

We beg his propaganda teams
To drop their misinformation schemes
But O’Brian screams
‘In your dreams!’

Did a man land on the moon, or was I misled?
How do we know Elvis Presley is actually dead?
Crypto-conspiracies certainly mess with your mind.
Maybe it’s better for us to be wilfully blind.

O’Brian tries to seal the deal
But Oldthinker Unbellyfeel....
O’Brian frowns, he’s understood
Oldthinker Doubleplus Ungood...
O’Brian ponders then decides
Oldthinker to be Vaporised...

Did a man land on the moon, or was I misled?
How do we know Elvis Presley is actually dead?
Crypto-conspiracies certainly mess with your mind.
Maybe it’s better for us to be wilfully blind.

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from TOWERS OPEN FIRE, released June 12, 2020
BRAKEMAN / SMITH (Brakeman - Music: Smith - Lyrics)
Brakeman - Guitars
Smith - Vocals
Gerry Barnett - Cello

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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