What The Hell Are They Playing At ft. James O'Brien Lyrics

You have reality on one hand

Cold hard observable reality

And you have the government on the other hand

And that's why we are where we are

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

They are headless chicken running around

Claiming in to be in complete control of the situation

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

Something's gone horribly wrong

It is literally closing your eyes and sticking your fingers in your ears

This is where things get truly surreal

Because the distance from rational reality

And this government now is so enormous

That you could drive the titanic through it

But this lot are denying reality even as it bites them on the backside

Even as it unfolds in front of them

And of course if there was even a scintilla of truth

If there was a morsel of plausibility

In the claim that everything is going according to plan

Have a look out of your window

Get your head outside your backside for 10 minutes and have a look around

We're in a whole new world of deception and disingenuousness aren't we?

I am absolutely gobsmacked

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

They are headless chicken running around

Claiming in to be in complete control of the situation

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

Something's gone horribly wrong

It is literally closing your eyes and sticking your fingers in your ears

Whatever your politics whatever your religion

Whatever football team you'll support

How much responsibility do the governments you've elected bear

For what's happening to the country that they govern

So what's the point?

What's the point of having a government if they're not responsible

For anything that happens as a consequence of government

It's almost as if they've got no interest in actually governing

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

They are headless chicken running around

Claiming in to be in complete control of the situation

What the hell are they playing at?

What the hell are they playing at?

Something's gone horribly wrong

It is literally closing your eyes and sticking your fingers in your ears

Possibly the hardest thing I have ever tried to understand

They keep winning elections despite being disastrous

And your lot are telling us we need more of the same

You can gaslight voters you can gaslight media

That's all opinion, opinion, opinion, opinion

You can't gaslight numbers

You have reality on one hand

Cold hard observable reality

And you have the government on the other hand

And that's why we are where we are