From a walk to a run By the time they’re done there is only rust And the official language of fucked up and static And before he speaks His machines all agree lets wind them up and march them out History repeated and read out loud This could be our best weapon now Said, hey don’t look now Stripes and suits pushing the numbers through They treat them like they don’t exist And they count them up like they’re matchsticks And they don’t recognise until spoken in a headline They’re just more words They’re just more words that I can’t wait to unlearn I can’t wait This could be our best weapon now Better keep your head down Said, this could be our best weapon now Said, hey don’t look now Our best weapon now