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Production. Consumption.
Rail tracks built from hard labour
A cheap trip to the seaside’s what they gave yer
In return for a life of luxury
You get to talk about the telly with your neighbour
The industrial revolution
Was born from transportation
And the engine of internal combustion
Only drives us in one direction.
With blood and sweat they built the railroad
But they didn’t stop there, they kept going:
They built houses and built jails too,
Built hospitals and built schools
And all the holiday makers
Could now travel from toil to leisure
In exchange for my labour, the TV is my saviour
In exchange for my labour, holidays are my saviour.
The so-called “revolution”
Of computer communication
Is just the newest chapter
In the history of exploitation:
A cheap magic trick to confuse you
Into thinking that you are free too,
But when you trade off your time for
Consumer goods, you’ve been bought
How do I escape the working week?
(How do I escape from this?)

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from How We Learned To Live Like A Bomb, released January 15, 2014

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