Out of Control

I used to smile at the camera
 But now it's on every corner
 And everyone is staring
 Ignorant or tired or caring
 Or just completely used to feeling
 Watched all the time
 Or holding back a sense of freedom
 That comes out late at night
 It's out of control
 Orwell's future science fiction
 Ended up a near prediction
 Smug the rebel's lonely chorus
 'We saw it before it saw us'
 Flick the page to a few years later
 The novelty is out of date -- a
 Problem redefined has gone
 Now we're told it's what we wanted
 It's out of control
 It's out of control
 It's out of control
 Now everyone's on camera
 And everyone's an actor
 Here's a random factor
 Someone took away the screen
 E-motion pictures in 3-D
 Beyond control the human being
 Is freer than the one projected
 Being watched to keep control
 Of 'crime' -- A buzzword has it's hold
 Another such is 'you' -- it makes us
 Follow where the message takes us
 Either down the path to silence
 Where no-one says more than they're told
 Or to the realisation
 Our containment needs permission
 Our acceptance paves the way
 That makes it worse when we get old
 Grandad had so much to say
 But all his anger had gone cold
 Tried & tested, failed suppressed
 Then new technology invested
 Here's the future human being
 Silent, nervous, dead or screaming
 No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!
 No! No! It's out of control!