MTV (Feeding The Fortune 500)

Entertain the masses

with music video shit

it's used to serve two purposes

not "playing all the hits"

one, it makes you passive and desensitized

two, it teaches to consume and tells you what to buy

fills your head with concepts

of how to dress and act

does the video sell the music or does the music sell the crap?

art or advertisement?

I'm really not quite sure

all I know is that I don't want my MTV no more

corporate tool

telescreen

device to run our lives

fills my head with garbage

fills my head with lies

little psychodramas

false images of life

a visual anesthetic

to numb us from the strife

spew endless token tantrums

to keep us pacified

false images of freedom

to keep us all in line

kept in constant darkness

from the true reality

a mindless pantomime

from the screen of my TV

reality of life?

I'm really not quite sure

all I know is I don't want this anymore

a portrait of the world

that's nothing but a dream

a bright and rosy future

on a black and white screen

don't think twice

don't even use your brain

make sure that every one

in the tribe does the same

it's so much easier than thinking for yourself

like neatly packaged products

on a supermarket shelf

max headroom says to buy it

as seen on MTV

well you can fuck off max

cause now I really see

a vision of reality?

no, now I'm really sure

fuck your MTV

cause I don't need it anymore

keeps your corporate music

my rebellion's not for sale

I don't want your empty life

so fucking go to hell!