Dumb It Down — текст песни (The Divine Comedy)

You`ve got a personality
We`ll throw you in the sea and watch you drown
Dumb it down
Your concentration span`s too long
It`s longer than this song, that`s not allowed
Dumb it down
You don`t need books to know what`s what
We`ll pile them up and burn them to the ground
Dumb it down
And if you say that we`re corrupt
We`ll round you up and run you out of town
Dumb it down

Down and down and down it goes
Where it stops nobody knows
And not a lot of people seem to care
Well it`s so crazy, it`s so great
We can all communicate
But no one`s saying anything out there
Is there anybody out there?

Intelligence is dangerous
A virus of the brain you pass around
Dumb it down
We`ll vaccinate each boy and girl
Lobotomise the world through sight and sound
Dumb it down
No one can tell you what to think
And if you think that`s true then you`re a clown
Dumb it down
`Cause freedom`s wasted on the free
You just don`t see the beauty all around
Dumb it down

Down and down and down we slide
It`s too tricky to decide
Between channels one and sixty-three
`Cause everything is mindless fluff
Like this world`s not dumb enough
Does anybody feel the same as me?
Is there anybody listening?