They promised us a safer world, a world without fear
No more threat from terrorism or random violence
Trading liberty for security
We sleepwalked into a surveillance society
Where personal identity is subject to state control
And privacy a privilege of the past
Our nation is under a new management
Where no step goes unnoticed
Every word is on file
And our little comforts are spying on us
We no longer live in a free country
The time has come to fight back
Welcome to the underground.
No more threat from terrorism or random violence
Trading liberty for security
We sleepwalked into a surveillance society
Where personal identity is subject to state control
And privacy a privilege of the past
Our nation is under a new management
Where no step goes unnoticed
Every word is on file
And our little comforts are spying on us
We no longer live in a free country
The time has come to fight back
Welcome to the underground.