From the age of the thought police- greetings From the age of big brother- greetings From the age of newspeak- greetings Welcome to the age of continuous warfare We are the free; we are the peaceful They're the aggressors and they are the hateful Who are they? We're defending democracy; we're protecting our borders They resent freedom and they utilize terror Who are they? They lurk in the shadows Endlessly plotting to destroy our very way of life If you do what we say then everything will be fine We will protect you as we live in the age of Faceless Nameless Endless War Who controls the past controls the future Who controls the present controls the past We have that control You submit to authority when you're residing in fear So don't ever question and don't you dare criticize Don't believe what you see, just accept what you hear It's in your best interest that your knowledge is purged It's a beautiful thing the destruction of words War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength It's a beautiful thing the destruction of words Once we control what's spoken we'll see no more dissension Just politicized images to skew your perception You can't trust your own judgment; you can't trust yourselves So we will protect you from yourselves We will protect you; we will protect you You are a threat to yourselves So we will protect you You are a threat to yourselves So we will protect you It doesn't matter if victory is possible This war is not meant to be won It is meant to be continuous And that's only possible on the basis of ignorance The most practical way to keep our power structure intact Is to keep society on the brink of starvation So we, as the ruling class, will maintain our power By waging war against our own population We will break you'' we will break you Keep your dissent to yourselves Or we will break you Keep your dissent to yourselves Or we will break you Here comes a candle to light you to bed Here comes a chopper to chop off your head From the age of the thought police- beware From the age of big brother- beware From the age of newspeak- beware Beware of the motive in continuous warfare You may thing we are free' you may think we are peaceful But we're the aggressors and we are the hateful Who are we? We dismantle democracy; we invade others' borders We repress freedom and we utilize terror Who are we? We'll drive you into the shadows Forever destroying your very way of life If you're not on our side then you'll be in our sights There's no neutrality in our "war on terror" We are the enemy; we are the enemy Take a good look at ourselves Because we are the enemy Take a good look at ourselves Because we are the enemy