Permanent Record Lyrics

Start scaling the ceiling

Start digging the hole

Start peeling the paint from the walls

Start paying the toll

You got a visit from the debt collector

Been a naughty boy

Cause they found out the company you keep

And they know how to destroy

The world's ablaze

Count the days

Is anybody keeping score

A modern maze

And still we stay

In 1984

Start hiding your history

Start secreting your spawn

Start stashing your secrets

Cause baby you're just a pawn

Tangled in a web of our own making

As the soldiers form

And they tell us that we're doing fine

Calm precursors the storm

The world's ablaze

Count the days

Is anybody keeping score

A modern maze

And still we stay

In 1984

Your whole life is up on a billboard

Now you got a permanent record

Watch what you type on your keyboard

Now you got a permanent record

The world's ablaze

Count the days

Is anybody keeping score

A modern maze

And still we stay

In 1984

The world's ablaze

Count the days

Is anybody keeping score

A modern maze

And still we stay

In 1984

Watch what you type on your keyboard

Now you got a permanent record