Ani Difranco Decree Lyrics

Decree Lyrics

Step up and forfeit

Your frontal lobe

To the sexed up strobe

Of celebrity



Never mind that

The nanoseconds in between

Are some of the darkest darkness

You've ever seen



Keep your eye on my finger

And listen to the sound of my voice

Get your subliminal decree

And your false security



Be all that you can be

Be all that you can be



In hospitals and schools

Airports and banks and bars

Big ones on street corners

Little ones driving by in cars



And glowing through countless

Bedroom curtains at night

That 20k tone

And that pale blue light



Saying, Daddy knows best

Yes, this is the news

In 90 second segments

Officially produced



And aired again

And again and again

By the little black and white pawns

Of the network 'Yes' men



While the stars are going out

And the stripes are getting bent



And cancer, the great teacher

Has been opening schools

Downstream from every factory

Still, everywhere fools



Are squinting into microscopes

Researching cells

Trying to figure out a way

We can all live in hell



Well, step back, look up

You'll see I'm dimming the sun

But you won't, will you?

No, that's a good little one



'Cuz Daddy knows best

Yeah, this is the news

In 90 second segments

Officially produced



And aired again

And again and again

By the little black and white pawns

Of the network 'Yes' men



While the stars are going out

And the stripes are getting bent

The stars are going out

And the stripes are getting bent