Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

At first they'll take your liberties

Then tie them 'round your hands

Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command



Well the bloodsucker society, is looking for recruits

I took a sip of their sobriety, it doesn't taste that good



Well at first you're fine with working overtime

10 years go by til you're caught up in the grind

And can't escape the fact your youth is fading fast

These times won't last and once they're gone they don't come back



Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

At first they'll take your liberties

Then tie them 'round your hands

Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command



They try to fill you with anxiety, until you bite the hook

They drop a line of notoriety, they got a big chequebook



Oh they'll turn you blind for a nickel and a dime

Don't waste your time with their simple frame of mind

You can't escape the fact your youth is fading fast

These times won't last and once they're gone they don't come back



Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

At first they'll take your liberties

Then tie them 'round your hands

Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command



Attention all personnel!

Stand single file, resistance is futile!

We're gonna raise your hopes up

Just to knock them down

You got a bright bright future

If you can shut your mouth

And if you work the front lines

To keep us safe and sound

You won't be compensated

Until you're in the ground

So don't waste a single breath

On what society expects

If history don't lie

They're gonna take you for a ride until you die!



Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

At first they'll take your liberties

Then tie them 'round your hands

Man alive!

Don't stand aside!

While people make demands

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command

When time goes by some day you'll find

Their words are your command