Mission Creep
Head down as the sirens scream past
Off the grid; leave your phone at home and
Hide your face from the covert cameras
Say cheese, you know you're never alone with a
Drone in the air as you walk on by
While they watch from above with the eye in the sky
And they tell you that it's all for your benefit
To keep you from harm, to stop the terrorists
Mission creep as they chip away at your
Civil liberties
Smartphone zombie
No need to chip you; you give us all we need
Browser history
We see what you're thinking; we know what you watch and read
Analytics
We know where you've been; we know your routine
Algorithms
Computing the future; we're coming to get you
They killed cash so you have to pay
With your phone or your card, so you leave a trace
In the digital domain there's a data crunch
Now they know what you drink and they know how much
And Big Data is exactly the same as
Big Brother, just the name has been changed to
Protect the guilty, obscure the fact that
Your freedom is a lie, that you're under surveillance
Mission creep as they chip away at your
Civil liberties
Smartphone zombie
No need to chip you; you give us all we need
Browser history
We see what you're thinking; we know what you watch and read
Analytics
We know where you've been; we know your routine
Algorithms
Computing the future; we're coming to get you
And now they sell you a spy that you bring into your home
Like a Trojan Horse with a built in microphone
Harvest your data, work in league with your
Mobile phone and your Smart TV
Watch what you watch, hear what you say
Loose lips sink ships
Mission creep as they chip away at your
Civil liberties
Smartphone zombie
No need to chip you; you give us all we need
Browser history
We see what you're thinking; we know what you watch and read
Analytics
We know where you've been; we know your routine
Algorithms
Computing the future; we're coming to get you