You've Made Us Conscious

(album: Controversy Loves Company - 2005)

We are the leaders and the preachers
Teaching you what is right from wrong
And even if a hint of nonsense has made us clearly conscious
We'll be the first ones to act, be the first ones to act in

Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the...

Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not
To become another fabricated self-portrait
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember
We're the ones setting you up to take our fall

You are the so-called weak and reckless
Waiting for the next big explosion
No matter if it's wrong or right. If we let you have this
You'll be the first to destroy, be the first to destroy it

Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the...

Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not
To become another fabricated self-portrait
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember
We're the ones setting you up to take our fall

The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we
Disguise our secrets
You know you need this
The simple ways we roll our eyes
Are exactly how we
Disguise our secrets
You know you need this

Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the...
Tick-tock on the clock and a knock at the...

Oh oh oh, look at what we've all tried not
To become another fabricated self-portrait
Oh oh no, take another glance and remember
We're the ones setting you up to take our fall