Somebody told me that I always have to bow
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now
The more you think the less you act their ways
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress

Never reason with a fool, but is that unkind
Looks like I lost my mind once again
I know it all sounds so contrived, but it’s got to me
You know I've got to be more than this

Don't frown, don't scorn, 'cuz I walk a different street to you
You look so worn, I bet that life is has got you blown
But it will never get to me

Somebody told me that I always have to bow
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now
The more you think the less you act their ways
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress

And I feel the way you hold, hold me back from this
Chances that I've missed, now their gone
Apathy is all I sense, the feelings too intense
Sitting on a fence and can't decide

Don't frown, don't scorn, ‘cuz I walk a different street to you
You look so worn, I bet that life is has got you blown
Nobody will ever get to me

Somebody told me that I always have to bow
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now
The more you think the less you act their ways
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress

All these words that I accounted for, never fear another day
Always charged but I need more, make me take away
Tell me now, can you hear the sound of all these people falling down
Growing back into the ground let me smile again, smile

Tell me now can you hear the sound of the record spinning
Round and round, for on and on
It sounds like the same old song that I keep singing
It sounds like dah dah dah dah

(Yeah, yeah, sounds like)
Dah dah dah dah
(All these words that I accounted for)
(I'll never fear another day, improve)

Somebody told me that I always have to bow
If that was true I would have fallen apart by now
The more you think the less you act their ways
So can you hear this, the fake sound of progress

Yeah, yeah, yeah, progress
Make me smile again