Soul Contamination — Manic Street Preachers

Everyone isstaring with the glaze of obsession Interlocking cartels bypassing the bone The empty statement of artschool dissension Institutionalised expression of mass control

And if when America flings in whole Your pile of misery where centuries be And he does win a holiday after a poll One per cent interest stand up with glee

Soul contamination spreads the germs of finance Making weak minds think this is what they want Power facts are brutally sold to worn darkened skin Arise the new scum arise to the sound of a drum

With your desk degrees in civil engineering They're drawing up plans for a future for themselves And sweet daddy buys up a university On a mission tied next to suits

Soul contamination - die because you crossed by fire Soul contamination - poverty expressed in your heart Soul contamination - arise, surrender, burn Soul contamination - do you rise up