Feed the machine



Feed the petrol from the bowser
Feed the gas into the beamer
Feed the tape into the tape deck
And dust to vacuum cleaner
Feed the plastic to the crack
Feed the cash into the bank
Feed the labour to the wheel
And the shells onto the tank

Feed the machine

Feed a bureaucratic paper chase
Fill the forms in with the proof
Feed the telly full of power
So it can feed you truth
Feed the market with your custom
The things your fed give you worth
Feed the fire to your hatred
That was fed to you from birth

Feed the machine

Feed the meat into the oven
Feed the needle to the vein
Feed the world with racist lines
And then say were all the same
Feed the factory with the fodder
Feed the frontline for the trade
Fuel the system with injustice
And say the outcomes self-ordained

Feed the machine


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