[Verse 1]
Now our resolve is close to breaking under your watchful eye
All that’s left is a prevailing sense of social apathy
It wasn’t like you said
We’re powerless and unable to alter our direction
Slipping down, directly in to the bottom of a hole

[Verse 2]
Is it any surprise we’re losing patience
While you chase another elusive enemy?
While our fear is amplified
Another culture demonised
It only serves to catalyse
This burning desire for isolation
Or is that what you wanted from the start?

[Chorus]
Shut up and give me the medicine
Blind my eyes to the sight of it
I just want to feel numb again
And wait for this to pass

Why don’t you shut up and give me the medicine?
Suck it up and give us a reason
Why this failed initiative
Gives you the right to listen in

[Verse 3]
I need someone to appease my conscience
Will the end justify the means?
Where there was dissent, there is only silence
We’re all just cogs in a grand machine

[Verse 4]
Just like back in '84
There are eyes on every wall
It might be time to learn to crawl
When privacy becomes a product to be traded for another
Product to be traded for another
Product to be traded for another
Product to be traded for another

They know everything about you

[Chorus]
Shut up and give me the medicine
Blind my eyes to the sight of it
I just want to feel numb again
And wait for this to pass

Why don’t you shut up and give me the medicine?
Suck it up and give us a reason
Let’s burn down the figure head
I’m losing my mind, it never seems to end

[Bridge]
On the periphery
The shadows start to fall
They’re moving surreptitiously
Or am I getting paranoid

When did we lose our way?
There’s nothing left to say
I’m ready for a change

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
Shut up and give me the medicine
Blind my eyes to the sight of it
I just want to feel numb again
And wait for this to pass

Why don’t you shut up and give me the medicine?
Suck it up and give us a reason
Nobody mourned our innocence
And none of us buy that we are any safer