The Gaslight Anthem
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Did I see that, did I hear it, did they really say the words? Or am I just another casualty of the information herds?. They're tellin' me the fire's not burnin' while I'm chokin' on the smoke, they're tellin' me the ship ain't sinkin' while the hull is clearly broke. They got a different version of the facts for every day, a "truth" that shifts and shimmers, then it just evaporates away. It's a national charade, it's a collective fever dream and I'm screamin' at the top of my lungs, but no one hears the scream. Oh, we're learnin' to love the lie, we're just findin' our new high; it's the Gaslight Anthem, baby. Sing it loud and sing it proud; it's not really happenin' if you don't say it to the crowd. They got the banners and the slogans, they got the righteous, angry face; they're tearin' down the pillars of the whole entire place. And when you show the footage, they just say it's "fake news". They've manufactured a reality that they can pick and choose; the sky is green, the grass is blue, the war is peace, the lie's the truth. They've got a generation high on fabricated, bitter fruit; and if you dare to question, you're the enemy, the state is just a figment of the "woke," "communist" coastal hate. Oh, we're learnin' to love the lie, we're just findin' our new high; it's the Gaslight Anthem, baby. Sing it loud and sing it proud; it's not really happenin' if you don't say it to the crowd. "I never said that." "You're misremembering." "It was a joke." "Why are you so sensitive?" "It wasn't me." "Prove it". Oh, we're learnin' to love the lie, we're just findin' our new high; it's the Gaslight Anthem, baby. Sing it loud and sing it proud; it's not really happenin' if you don't say it to the crowd.