Re-Gaining Unconsciousness - NOFX

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NOFX - Re-Gaining Unconsciousness

[Intro]
            
            

[Band kicks in]
            
            
            
            


[Verse 1]
             
 First they pu

             
t away the dea

             
lers, keep our

              
 kids safe and

         
 off the stree

t
             
 Then they put

             
 away the pros

             
titutes, keep 

              
married men cl

            
oistered at ho

me
             
 Then they sho

             
oed away the b

              
ums, then they

              
 beat and bash

       
ed the queers,
              
turned away as

             
ylum-seekers, 

              
fed us suspici

        
ons and fears
             
 We didn't rai

       
se our voice, 

we didn't make

 a fuss
            
It's funny the

              
re was no one 

        
left to notice

 when they cam

e for us

[Interlude]
            
            

[Verse 2]
             
Looks like wit

             
ches are in se

             
ason, you bett

              
er fly your fl

          
ag and be awar

e
             
of anyone who 

              
might fit the 

             
description, d

             
iversity is no

              
w our biggest 


fear
             
Now with our c

             
onversations t

              
apped, and our

              
 differences e

 
xposed
              
how ya suppose

              
d to love your

             
 neighbor with

              
 our minds and

          
 curtains clos

ed?
              
We used to wor

             
ry 'bout big b

/
rother,
            
now we got a b

              
ig father and 

   
an even bigger

 mother

[Interlude]
     
     

[Bridge]
             
And you still 

             
believe this a

            
ristocracy giv

    
es a fuck abou

t you
             
 They put the 

           
mock in democr

            
acy and you sw

allowed every 

hook
             
 The sad truth

          
 is you'd rath

           
er follow the 

              
school into th

  
e net
             
'cause swimmin

           
g alone at sea

#             
 is not the ki

           
nd of freedom 

              
that you actua

    
lly want

[Outro]
             
So go back to 

              
your crib and 

          
suck on a tit,

            
 go bask in th

              
e warmth of yo

             
ur diaper, you

    
're sitting in
             
Shit and piss 

          
while sucking 

            
a giant pacifi

             
er, a country 

          
of adult infan

ts.
          
A legion of me

           
ntal midgets, 

            
a country of a

       
dult infants
          
A country of a

           
dult infants, 

             
all regaining 

             
their unconsci

   
ousness

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