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The novelty is out of date -- a 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!