Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow 
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now 
The more you think, the less you act their way 
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress 

Never reason with a fool, but is that unkind, 
Looks like I've lost my mind once again 
I know it all sounds so contrived, but it's got to me 
You know I've got to be more than this 
Don't frown, don't scorn, cause I walk a different street to you 
You look so worn, I bet that life has has got you down 
But it will never get to me 

Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow 
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now 
The more you think, the less you act their way 
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress 

And I feel the way you hold, hold me back from this 
Chances that I've missed, now they're gone 
Apathy is all I sense, the feeling's too intense 
Sitting on the fence, can't decide 
Don't frown, don't scorn, cause I walk a different street to you 
You look so worn, I bet that life has got you down 
But it will never get to me 

Somebody told me that I'd always have to bow 
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now 
The more you think, the less you act their way 
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress 

All these words that I can't afford, 
Never feel another day 
All these times that I need more, make me take away 
Tell me now, can you hear the sound 
Of all these people falling down 
growing back into the ground, make me smile again... 

Tell me now, Can you hear the sound? 
Of records spinning round n round 
But all in all it seems like the same old song 
That I keep on singing, It sounds like.... 

(dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah dah...) 
Yea it sounds like, yea, yea, yea,it sounds like this 

All these words that I can't afford, never feel another day, 
All these times that I want more, make me take away 
All these words that I can't afford, I'll never feel another day 
It makes me take away 

(away.... away ... the fake sound... the fake sound...) 
Somebody told me that I always have to bow 
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now 
The more you think, the less you act their way 
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress 

(The fake sound of progress... the fake sound of progress... the fake sound of progress...) 
Make me smile again 
Make me smile again, yeah 
Make me smile again