Sex & Violence Lyrics

She woke up to the taste of blood heard sirens in her head as the smell of garbage choked the streets she thought that she was dead buildings rose like tombstones as she looked up in the sky a crowd of faces gathered round with their microphones down then the cameras flashed her eyes sex & violence goin’ hand in hand everywhere you look in the promise land commercialized, desensitized for the almighty dollar and a piece of the pie well did you see him on the news tonight while you ate your dinner – God blessed they said he raped someone with a fist and a gun but all you thought about was that reporter’s chest change the real to fantasy flip on MTP and fade into a video hex, with a soft porn x then they drop the bomb and do an ad for AIDS I know what’s wrong I know what’s goin’ on (chorus) sex & violence goin’ hand in hand everywhere you look in the promise land commercialized, desensitized for the almighty dollar and a piece of the pie sex & violence it all the same to the corporate exec, in the money game but can’t we tell the difference in our little minds from the beast in the woods and the beast in the tie television, fascination, cultural exploitation, mechanical animal, graphic child, mind control, shock generation we’re lettin’ it all fly by well good morning america and welcome to the war network jingle station identification like a Hollywood movie score you got your talk show freaks at 9 AM got your soaps in the afternoon got your cable box locked up a midnight so your children remain immune I know what’s wrong I know what’s goin’ on (chorus)