In Layers

You were the first in line
 The first to volunteer
 Now you're the last to learn
 They aren't what they appear
 If it's naivety
 It looks best on the young
 Give it time, and you'll be
 Comfortably dumb
 You fall in
 You grin
 You fake it
 Something stirs
 And the perks can't shake it
 Ask around
 Get shrugs from players
 Leads and lies
 Come wrapped in layers
 Lies
 We've all been compromised
 Lies
 Now are you so surprised?
 It's in the air, she said
 As she took a shallow breath
 It's in the walls and floors
 Leaching a slow death
 They call you paranoid
 It's how they seize control
 And once you're pacified
 They're gonna steal your soul
 You say enough
 They call the big boys
 You blow the whistle
 They crank the white noise
 You fight back
 They send more players
 Kick all you want
 You're lost in layers
 Lies
 We've all been compromised
 Lies
 Now are you so surprised?
 Liberty stares you down
 Before it dies
 Lies
 Now are you so surprised?
 You're so surprised
 You're so surprised
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 You hit the first clue
 If you drill down far enough
 It's gonna stare you down
 Until it calls your bluff
 We're all hoarders here
 Caught in layers of sin
 It's been stratified
 Beneath our onion skin
 Throw up your hands
 And hell keeps yawning
 Open your eyes
 There's a new world dawning
 Sun burns fog
 Burns all naysayers
 Love, like a child
 Comes wrapped in layers
 Rise
 We've all been compromised
 Rise
 Now are you so surprised?
 Liberty stared you down
 Before he died
 Rise
 Now are you so surprised?
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise
 Good ol' boys
 Crank up the white noise