Catching Flies (Lyrics)

In a room and a faded picture Looking out with faded eyes A little grey man in a little white cell Climbing the walls of his mental Hell And catching flies...they said you were 'well' You were too radical, cynical, political Stopping the disease before it got critical Marked out as 'dangerous' - words are so ridiculous In for diagnosis - a government process Bits of legality thought up by the ministry Making it necessity to cancel your activity Telling judge and family about national security Made it sound worse than it ever was or could've been One step out of line - wrong place, wrong time Told a little white lie - enough to get you certified Too much non-conformity, label it 'insanity' Put it in a box and send it to obscurity Stacked up jacked up numbered and packed up Chained on the outside, padded on the inside Lost in the piles of little white boxes State department strategy took away your energy Not enough complacency - recommend lobotomy Mind bend medicinal, brainwash clinical Don't you get too radical They'll fill you full of chemicals Fill you full of chemicals They'll fill you full of chemicals Uniformation, nursedation Treatmentality, state hospitality Number and name on an iron door And a plastic bag where they keep your watch and pen From the life you had before - never to be used again Obliterate the memory of all you ever used to be Writing your obituary, keeping anonymity And catching flies - like you and me Catching flies - and watching them die Visiting prohibited For all I've seen you could bee dead And when I came to visit you They wouldn't even let me through Said they had a job to do And it all takes time The only thing you've really got Is time enough to sit and rot Remember names that you forgot Remember mine And when I got to see you I could barely recognize The wasted human being, busy catching flies Put them in a box where they slowly die Put them in a box where they slowly die Put them in a box where they slowly die Put them in a box with you Catching flies Catching flies