"Dead Souls" lyrics - GANG OF FOUR

I'm a dissident; I say what we say is true
It's not, but we avow our sins
We saw it as the creed; I'm an alien hiding
Among the worker bees

[Pre-Chorus:]
The story's told
We'll be rats in a fight
I see in time
We are dead before we die

[Chorus:]
Well, they make the laws to keep control
But in the end, I'll join the line of dead souls

The shrink explains: I'm dysfunctional or ill
Just by some other name
I'm not cut out for this role
And in the end, I join the line of dead souls

[Pre-Chorus:]
Because those died without ever living
We only take what we are given

[Chorus:]
It was rushing by, everyone's on the run
And I pass the time in the line of dead souls

[Chorus:]
Well, they make the laws to keep control
But in the end, I'll join the line of dead souls