While you were sleeping
They came and took it all away
The lanes and the meadows
The places where you used to playIt was an inside job
By the well-connected
Your little protest
Summarily rejectedIt was an inside job
Like it always is
Chalk it up
To business as usualWhile you were dreaming
This little island disappears
While you are looking the other way
They'll take your right to own your own ideasAnd it's an inside job
Favors collected
Your trusted servants
Have left you unprotectedIt was an inside job
Like it always is
Just chalk it up
To business as usualYou think that you're so smart
But you don't have a fucking clue
What those men up in the towers
Are doing to me and youAnd they'll keep doin' it and doin' it
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Doin' it, doin' it, doin' it
Until we all wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake upI know what I've done wrong
I am acquainted with the night
I know how hard it is
To always walk out in the lightAnd it's an inside job
To learn about forgiving
It's an inside job
To hang on to the joy of livingThey know the road by which you came
They know your mother's maiden name
And what you had for breakfast
What you've hidden in the mattressInsect politics
Indifferent universe
Bang your head against the wall
But apathy is worseIt's an inside job
It's an inside job
It's an inside job
Yeah, yeahIt's an inside job
It's an inside job
It's an inside jobIt's an inside job
It's an inside job