Re-Gaining Unconsciousness - NOFX

First they put away the dealers

Keep our kids safe and off the streets

Then they put away the prostitutes

Keep married men cloistered at home

Then they shooed away the bums

Then they beat and bashed the queers

Turned away asylum-seekers

Fed us suspicions and fears

We didn’t raise our voice

We didn’t make a fuss

It’s funny there was no one left to notice

When they came for us

Looks like witches are in season

You better fly your flag and be aware

Of anyone who might fit the description

Diversity is now our biggest fear

Now with our conversations tapped

And our differences exposed

How ya supposed to love your neighbor

With our minds and curtains closed?

We used to worry 'bout big brother

Now we got a big father and an even bigot mother

And still you believe

This aristocracy gives a fuck about you

They put the mock in demockracy

And you swallowed every hook

The sad truth is you would rather

Follow the school into the net

Cause swimming alone at sea

Is not the kind of freedom you actually want

So go back to your crib and suck on a tit

Go bask in the warmth of your diaper

You’re sitting in shit and piss

While sucking a giant pacifier

A country of adult infants

A legion of mental midgets

All regaining their unconsciousness