The fall-out from the verbal trash explosion Was beginning to choke my mind My reason was flat out but losing A winning battle towing the line Central control was being attacked My friends and me gathered around While shock troops arrive spreading tear gas Propaganda guns started to pound I said right now it's all happening before your eyes Right now as the lady-in-waiting takes off her disguise Right now it's all happening before your eyes Right now there's a strike down in the mine My reason was shattered, smashed to smithereens A survival kit had stood in my way As electronic insects crawl round my room I think it's time to get back on the street Meet up with the boys, we have no choice Survival meant killing that beast I was tricked into thinking that had attained What I wanted but that was in vain So let me tell you all of these things Are all they're cracked up to be Can you feel the pressure as it's building up And you wonder why they ever disbelieve Right now it's all happening before your eyes Right now as the lady-in-waiting takes off her disguise Right now it's all happening before your eyes Right now there's a strike down in the mine