We're the first in line
The first to volunteer
Now you're the last to learn
Beyond what they appear

If it's naivete, it looks best on the young
A good time to be comfortably numb
You fall and you grin, you fake it
Something stirs and the perks can't shake it
Ask around, get shrugs from players
These little lies come wrapped in layers

Lies! We've all been compromised
Lies! Now why're you so surprised'

It's in the air, she said, when she took a shallow breath
It's in the walls and floors reaching its own death
They call you paranoid, it's how they seize control
And once you're pacified, they're gonna steal your soul

You say 'Enough!', they call the big boys
You blow the whistle, they crank the white noise
You fight back, they send more players
Kick all you want, you're lost in layers

Lies! We've all been compromised
Lies! Now why're you so surprised'

Liberty stares you down before it dies
Lies! Now why're you so surprised'
You're so surprised
You're so surprised

Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!

Here is the first clue if you drill down far enough
It's gonna stir you down until it calls your bluff
We're all hornets here caught in layers of sin
It's been stratified beneath our onion skin

Throw up your hands and hell keeps yawnin'
Open your eyes, there's a new world dawnin'
---- fall for all naysayers
Love like a child comes wrapped in layers

Rise! We've all been compromised
Rise! Now why are you so surprised'
Liberty will strike you down before it dies

Rise, now why are you so surprised'
You're so surprised
You're so surprised

Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!
Good ol' boys, crank up the white noise!