Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Who Do You Think You Are?

Cartoon from NO2ID

As I may have mentioned elsewhere, I like the new Pet Shop Boys album. No surprise there, although (whisper) I didn't really like the last one much, save for "Love is a Catastrophe". But today, I just wanted to give (most of) the lyrics of the last track on the album, an anarcho-camp anthem against ID cards (in the context of the establishment of the climate of fear in which they are being pushed through):

If you've done nothing wrong
you've got nothing to fear
If you've something to hide
you shouldn't even be here

Long live us, the persuaded we
integral - collectively
to the whole project it's brand new
conceived solely to protect you

One world, One reason, Unchanging, One season

If you've done nothing wrong
you've got nothing to fear
If you've something to hide
you shouldn't even be here
You've had your chance
now we've got the mandate
If you've changed your mind
I'm afraid it's too late
We're concerned
you're a threat
You're not integral
to the project

Sterile. Immaculate. Rational. Perfect.

Everyone has their own number
in the system that we operate under
We're moving to a situation
where your lives exist as information.

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