This song is about perspectives, primarily the different perspectives that people from Country A and Country B can have about Country A.


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The Most Watched On The Earth

They let us make choices over flat-packed lifestyle dreams
We cast our votes on TV for moulded singing teens
Unmarked cars will operate from slip roads down the side
If you’ve done nothing wrong, then you’ve got nothing to hide

We are, we are the most watched on the Earth
We are, we are monitored from birth

Giant metal stalkers line up along the road
Their ever-watchful eyes never seem to overload
My ID’s chipped and pinned, like a butterfly on a board
Keep us in our homes and show us what we can’t afford

We are, we are the most watched on the Earth
We are, we are monitored from birth

There is no us and them
Only us
There is no us and them
So why the fuss? (x2)

They start their drinking early, by mid-afternoon
Everybody seems to dance along to their own tune
My parents tell me what to do, my government too
I’d like to speak my mind, but I dare not use my tools

They are, they are the free-est on the Earth
They are, they are at liberty from birth

Although mistakes are made, it seems that is allowed
No-one really has to be part of the crowd
If you want to get ahead, you lose instead of win
I’d like to find another way but don’t know where to begin

They are, they are the free-est on the Earth
They are, they are at liberty from birth

There is no us and them
Only us
There is no us and them
So why the fuss? (x2)

There is no us and them
Please discuss