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They keep watching Forever observing Constantly snooping As the public keeps on fuming For our safety we are watched constantly Electronic eyes unable to account For the nuances of human behaviour Infiltrate all aspects of living Criminalizing us Laying bare all our sins Intrusive watchmen abound Debasing all ideas of privacy Our misdemeanours forever present in cyberspace We can never repent nor forget What should be hidden and laid to rest Our liberty is easily seduced from us With the promise of big brother's Constant all seeing And comforting eyes His broad shoulders will forever Protect us from the ghost of an unknown future All this is just a palaver The all intrusive camera on every street Replaces the curtain twitching busy bodies Of yesterday We are always naked Baring all to a hidden authoritarian Who wants to eat away at our soul The value of protection today Is a necessary cost ever present in our mind-set We must have no peace in these turbulent times The attraction of emotional safety Trumps petty squabbles over rights Fear of terrorism Results in ego trips from those in authority Them who wish to bolster their popularity By smothering us with hysterical flam That we so gratefully believe Anxiety rules the day And will always keep common sense at bay No one wants to loudly stand up and say Please stop looking and go the hell away A totalitarian philosophy permeates authority The aim is to control every aspect of living They are forever craving servitude From us who think their intrusion is so rude Being watched and analysed Does not only happen in a totalitarian state Everywhere you go liberty Is at stake Who will save us from this disgrace?
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