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They're Listening

from Electric Flowers by YnotB

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It's 2013 and I think we can safely say that 1984 has arrived.

PRS Tunecode 134976EN

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Yeah. They're sifting through your email on the servers in the cloud
and transcribing every thought that you dare to mutter out loud.
In the listening stations of GCHQ
they're checking every keyword to keep an ear on you.
And they're monitoring your movements, GPS on your mobile phone,
or tracking you from cell to cell to know just where you've gone.
There's no escape, they're watching you, building a profile
of everyone who dares to breathe or live a life a while.

They're out there with their cameras, checking on your speed.
CCTV on every corner, watching you in the street.
Face recognition, location data, credit cards, e-banks,
can't even spend a penny without them on your back.

From online shopping profiles and membership of sites
they know what you like and think, they've got you bang to rights.
There's no escape, it's all-pervasive, the Thought Police are here
and as Orwell said in '84, that's a thought too far.
For every Facebook comment, or photo, or mood
is stored on giant servers where, you bet, it'll be used
with data mining techniques to find nuggets of your mind.
They dig and dig until they have what it was they wanted to find
as leverage against you, to twist you against your will.
So, watch your back and watch your front and don't you dare to bear them ill.

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from Electric Flowers, released November 1, 2013
Written and performed by YnotB, except intro drums and trumpet by KerryB.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by YnotB.

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YnotB Germany

YnotB is an independent producer of (mainly) downtempo electronic music, ranging from experimental and ambient to more melodic tunes. Tracks can also be downloaded from iTunes and the usual digital sources. See his website (link below) for more details. ... more

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