Civilization’s just skin deep, the animal’s lurking just beneath
They kill you with guns now instead of with claws and with teeth

There are psychos with knives, politics and grief
They drive you to drink, grind you beneath
Enslave you, compute you, there is no relief

We’re living in this brave new world, none of us free anymore
We’re taped and tagged as soon as we’re born
AND our details kept in store

We’re given death and taxes and you can be sure
There’s nothing you can do about it, one thing more
The rich are gonna stay rich and the poor are gonna stay poor

Ooh, there’s blood on my mind, it’s so easy to find
There’re people all pushing in front and behind
It’s getting too much and I’m losing my grip

Ooh, I can’t find relief and I can’t unwind
I try to stay cool but I’m hanging on blind
And I think I might just be losing my mind

And my back’s against the wall, I can see no future at all
Just darkness ahead, I can’t see my way clear at all

Mm Mm Mm Mm Mm – Mm Mm Mm Mm Mm –
Mm Mm Mm Mm Mm – Mm Mm Mm Mm Mm –

Civilization – Civilization – Civilization – Is only skin deep

We’ve built wonders and marvels, machines that fly through the sky
It’s just an outgrowth of culture, and it helps us get by

And we use these inventions, we may not understand
But we learn how to use them, with the ease of a hand

Yet for all of this progress, what have we achieved
If we’re ruled by our passions, and our hunger and greed

And if we flew with the angels, would we look down and weep
To see civilization – is only skin deep

It’s only skin deep, it’s only skin deep. Civilization is only skin deep

Do you dream of paradise, spread your wings all through the skies,
Curse the beast within, waiting to rise

Lift your head, open your eyes, this earth of ours is paradise
Monsters of profit and plunder are stealing the prize

It’s only skin deep, it’s only skin deep. Civilization is only skin deep

Civilization – is only skin deep

Civilization – Civilization – Civilization – is only skin deep

Civilization – Civilization – Civilization

Civilization – Civilization – Civilization