Lyrics Tuppence for Hate - Holiday

Tuppence for Hate

And you wonder why people are racist
But have you seen the news
This daily institution has a habit of blurring truth
Start out six-pm with a sense of love for everyone
Then just after seven, the feeling’s gone
You built borders where there were no walls before
And all you’re left with is some half-baked ideas
Paranoia and seemingly justified fears
And you see a bag at a bus stop, you think its a bomb
You built prisons upon prisons for us all
And you wonder why people are confused
But have you read the papers
This daily institution doing wonders for race-relations
Start out early on with a sense of love for everyone
Then when you read the headlines, the feeling’s gone
You made problems where there were no problems before
And who controls our words controls the world
And the myths entangle all
Are good intentions blurred, it is time to see
State of mind — no state of mine
And you wonder why we voted to leave
But have you seen the news
A duty to inform the public totally abused
And now you left with nationalist ideals
Marooned on an island with two-percent beers
And the severed head of The Hydra still rolls on
You built prisons upon prisons for us all
And who controls our words controls the world
And the myths entangle all
Are good intentions blurred, it is time to see
State of mind — no state of mine