corporate colonization Corporate colonization of my mind Plant in me the ties that bind -- Harvest me in my mirth -- Tax me in units of my self worth From the day of our birth Until the day that we're dead Their banners and products Are branded in our head We've got logos on our clothing But let no space go to waste How 'bout a corporation icon On the forehead or face? With all the things forward that truly regress And all the things backward that they call "progress" It all comes down to what you've been fed And how much of that has been lies It all comes down to which wires and circuits are attached to your fingers and eyes Freedom to humiliate Freedom to incorporate Freedom to subjugate Freedom to squash debate Freedom to control opinion Freedom to enforce dominion Freedom to monopolize Freedom to spread the lies Corporate colonization of my mind Plant in me the ties that bind -- Harvest me in my mirth -- Tax me in units of my self worth Self esteem against our will is on the take Accepting paper happiness as our fair shake while they sell the sizzle instead of the steak and rock the boat on a pretend lake yes, freedom of the press belongs to the man that owns one -- and liberty and justice to the one with the biggest hired gun we're living in a company town we're living under company law eventually they reframe everything you've ever heard or saw