Government Constipation

Intro

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

They brief me in a windowless room

Charts and graphs and a plastic spoon

I nod along to the quiet hum

A crown that cannot ever come

Pre-Chorus

Feed me lines I never said

Paint the ceiling burning red

What it takes I do not weigh

I just nod and look away

Chorus

Government constipation

Blocked up tight inside

Government constipation

Nowhere left to hide

Whatever it takes I hold the line

Whatever it takes I call it mine

Post-Chorus

Hold it in

Hold it in

Verse 2

Emerald wasp in a paper cage

Sting the host then turn the page

Little children learn the trade

A silent narration softly made

Twist the truth and pass it on

By the time the morning's gone

Pre-Chorus

Feed me lines I never said

Paint the ceiling burning red

What it takes I do not weigh

I just nod and look away

Chorus

Government constipation

Blocked up tight inside

Government constipation

Nowhere left to hide

Whatever it takes I hold the line

Whatever it takes I call it mine

Bridge

Proclamation on the wall

Proclamation for us all

I persuade you

I persuade you

Nothing changes nothing at all

Chorus

Government constipation

Blocked up tight inside

Government constipation

Nowhere left to hide

Whatever it takes I hold the line

Whatever it takes I call it mine

Post-Chorus

Hold it in

Hold it in

Whatever it takes

Whatever it takes