People Are Scared

by Subhumans (UK)

from the album "Time Flies... But Aeroplanes Crash"



[*A Note on the Use of Slang...

The term "fag" in the first verse does NOT, I repeat,

does NOT refer to homosexuality. A "fag", in British

slang (note that the Subhumans are British),

is a cigarette. -B.T.]





Nobody says anything on buses

And it's not the noise the engine makes

You can watch them all staring nervous

Sit at the back it's the safest place

People are scared to say hello

The flick of the fag the shifting eyes

Stare in amusement then look away

The conscious battle of who to despise

Self-restriction and paranoia

Self-belief and the silent laugh

The inner conflict between one another

When you're all the same it seems so daft



Nobody says anything on buses

And that's why people kill themselves

Desperation against the world

Can't find a way to express themselves

Society breeds hate and derision

But society is only a mass of people

Striving to be god at the expense of others

Striving to be better than their next door neighbour



People are scared underneath their silence

People are getting more afraid

They turn to their leaders for help and guidance

And then the system wins again

And will carry on winning 'til god knows when

Til people start to talk to each other

Everyone just like a brother

Til the morals and fear that divides us all

Are no longer the excuse for the system's rule



(typed by btanaka@well.sf.ca.us