You Asked For This (’84)

[Intro]

Stare.
Scroll.
Swipe.
Agree.
Smile.
They don’t force a thing anymore.

[Verse 1]

Every screen’s a witness, every tap’s a trace
You don’t need a leash when they wire your face
No boots at the door, no chains on the floor
You hand ‘em the keys, beg ‘em for more

Language in a muzzle, thoughts in a cage
Crowds chant scripts that they never wrote a page
Say the wrong word, watch the feed turn red
You censor yourself before they say it instead

[Pre-Chorus]

They didn’t break us
They just trained us
Fed us comfort ‘til we chained us

[Chorus]

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
No sirens, no war
Just screens in your pocket
And eyes in your core

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
No knock at the door
You sold them your soul
And you asked for more

[Verse 2]

Click accept, sign away your spine
Trade a little freedom for a hit of “fine”
Call it safety, call it care
Funny how control wears a friendly stare

Truth by committee, facts on lease
Outrage cycles keep the peace
Say it loud, say it proud, say it clean
Or disappear like you’ve never been

[Pre-Chorus]

They don’t chase us
They don’t need to
We line up and beg them to

[Chorus]

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
No prisons, no bars
Just curated lives
And invisible scars

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
No boots on the floor
You watched it arrive
And you opened the door

[Bridge]

Say the line
Say it right
Say it loud
Say it nice

Think the thought
But don’t you speak
Freedom dies when silence speaks

Scroll it.
Share it.
Swallow it whole.

[Final Chorus]

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
It’s worse than before

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
It’s worse than before

‘Cause nobody’s forcing
What you’re fighting for

This ain’t nineteen eighty-four
No chains anymore
You call it progression
I call it a war

[Outro]

They didn’t rewrite history.
They taught you not to remember.