Check that writing on the wall It's been there all along but we paid no attention Packaged dissent for all So eager to buy in but never questioned intentions A change of appearance Nothing more than adherence The new you's looking strangely like the old I guess that the more things change, the more they stay the same All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins Singing along with all your breath No sounds come out 'cause there's just wind behind it Swallow but you don't digest You've heard it all once and don't like to be reminded A change of appearance Nothing more than adherence The new you's looking strangely like the old I guess that the more things change, the more they stay the same All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins Not going to glorify the past, it was the same We felt like the fire couldn't be contained And it was you and me against the world But we were already eating out of their hands All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins All the kids So satisfied to shut their eyes and shed their skins