a wishful spit in the eye to the smiling brotherhood /
the unacceptable face of the docile and the good /
the joy of the uprising, an action with some meaning /
a spontaneous feeling, a brief release of hope //
that if we stand up /
they won't mow us down again //
we're the grinning idiots, we're not fit for sale /
it must be really great to be that young and stupid /
it must be really great to be, it must be really great to be /
it must be really great to be that young and stupid //
and if we stand up /
they'll mow us down again //
a wishful spit in the eye to the smiling brotherhood /
the unacceptable face of the docile and the good /
a spontaneous feeling, a joy of the uprising /
an action with some meaning, a brief release, i'm home //
but if we stand up /
they'll mow us down again //
attention, attention /
attenzione, attenzione
Thom's 4-track demo for this song was released in 2017 on the cassette that was part of the OKNOTOK 20th anniversary release of OK Computer. Up to this point the song was completely unknown:
The release of 'MiniDiscs [HACKED]' two years later showed the band had considered this song further, with it being performed at a few soundchecks in March and April of 1996.
In 2024, a studio recording of the song was leaked as part of a collection called 'OK OUTTAKES':
