Lyrics for BIG BROTHER, by Jeffrey Rosenthal, 1983

  (For a high school project about the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four)

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I look at the run-down buildings cracking everywhere
And I see your picture as you smile at the cold and silent air

The sign says that you're watching me, you want me to be scared
But on a secret hidden paper, my feelings have already been declared

Big Brother, down with you
Big Brother, nothing you say is true

Near the poster is a telescreen, in whose path I lie
So I see you and you see me, but it's not the same, we don't meet eye to eye

What I want are razor blades, and nicer food to eat
But all you have are ministries, your thought police,
					and the latest in newspeak

Big Brother, you've let me down
Big Brother, I don't want you around

The sun, it shines, and the sky is blue, but the sky is sombre grey
If people's minds are full of hate, how can it be any other way?

Love has been outlawed in this cold and dying land
People are like stones, and smile only at the ministry's command

Big Brother, you are to blame
Big Brother, our mothers are not the same

Right now your power is too strong for any man to break
But soon things will be different, 'cause we're working hard,
					there is so much at stake

The brotherhood is growing fast, and soon we'll make you fall
You've supressed our leading men, but as times get worse,
					you won't outlast us all

Big Brother, we'll come alive
Big Brother, just wait 'til nineteen eighty five!

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