New Jerusalem - Killing Joke

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Fragmented communities staring at their screens in silence
All-night surfing till the dawn
Everyone's hooked on online porn
All the people indifferent to torture
The media gives the thumbs up to the Gaza slaughter
Shallow, no attention span
No empathy for the common man
In Iraq a quarter of a million dead
Howdya feel about being misled?
The number one surveillance state
Zero regulation and there's no debate
More lies, manufactured enemies
Divided nations need a common foe
A hornet's nest created by the West
A new world order is the only goal
Look what we've become
Brainwashed Britain
Look what we've become
New Jerusalem!
New Jerusalem!
Another twat in the Number 10 flat
Dancing to the tune of Goldman Sachs
Another knob got the top job
Selling out to corporations
Culture, adult entertainment, calibrated to dumb down
Big Brother said 'Strictly Come Dancing'
And everyone was dancing round and round
In Iraq a quarter of a million dead
Howdya feel about being misled?
The number one surveillance state
Zero regulation and there's no debate
More lies, manufactured enemies
Divided nations need a common foe
A hornet's nest created by the West
A new world order is the only goal
Look what we've become
Brainwashed Britain
Look what we've become
New Jerusalem!
New Jerusalem!
New Jerusalem!

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Killing Joke are an English post-punk group which formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards) and Geordie Walker (guitars) have been the only constant members.

A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and John Dougan as well as industrial metal and "quasi-metal, dancing to a tune of doom and gloom," which gradually evolved over the years, incorporating elements of electronic music, synth-pop, gothic rock, and alternative rock, though always emphasizing Coleman's "savagely strident vocals."

Finding modest commercial success, Killing Joke have influenced many later bands, such as Nirvana, Ministry, Amen, Lamb of God, Nine Inch Nails, Napalm Death, Amebix, Big Black, Godflesh, Tool, Prong, Metallica, Primus, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, Faith No More, Blacklist, Shihad and Korn, all of whom have at some point cited some debt of gratitude to Killing Joke.



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