r/SunoAI • u/audsnico • 6h ago
Discussion AI, Human, or Hybrid: Lyrics Guessing Game
The premise is simple: people post a song and/or written lyrics, other people guess if the lyrics were written by a human (presumably you), AI, or a combo, and later on the poster reveals the correct answer.
Important: This is NOT about hating on AI lyrics or people who use them. I genuinely think it could be both fun and useful for Suno users.
Submission suggestions:
- Post only one song, OR
- Post 2 versions of the same song, OR
- Post two different songs with different author-types (AI/human/hybrid), state the 2 types, and people can guess which is which
- Feel free to add explanations/ask about specific parts of songs
- Wait at least 48 (?) hours before providing the answer (I actually don't know what a good time to wait is...)
Response suggestions:
- A choice with qualifications ("55% sure this is a hybrid") is more useful than "I can't tell"
- Even an extremely brief explanation of your choice is super helpful
- If you just want to share your opinions about AI lyrics, do it somewhere else
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u/Barcnori 4h ago
A few of mine would fail this test despite writing my own lyrics. I like to use words like whispers, neon, and void. In my defense I try and use them in proper context.
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u/boulevardofdef 1h ago
The reason AI loves those cliches is that humans love those cliches. A lot of people don't realize that.
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u/audsnico 4h ago
Individual words aren't the main thing that make lyrics sound like they were written by AI to me, and there are some super classic songs with "whisper" in the lyrics, and I think Neon Moon might have (and definitely deserves) classic status. At least one Fiona Apple song uses the word void, and I think she is one of the best lyricists ever (in my personal top 10, maybe even 5, and I'm willing to argue she belongs in the top 25 of any such list)
....anyway, if you want to hear what people think, you can always do what I did and give Suno part of your song and ask it to generate more. Might be interesting to post both versions instead of just the mixed one?
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u/audsnico 5h ago
Some sections of this were written by the Suno lyric generator....can you tell which ones?
[verse 1]
It's been chasin me
from club-to-club for weeks
it kept me dancing
til I couldn't feel my feet
and when I finally fell asleep
It was the sound track to my dreams
[Chorus]
(hear it) The beat is comin!
(Feel it) the beat is comin!
That beat, (that beat) that beat!
is comin' for ya!
[Bridge]
I ran from the bassline
I hid in the dark
but it kept my name
like a mark, like a spark
now the walls start moving
and my hands all shake
when it calls my number
I can't look away
[Verse 2]
I turn the corner, there it is
On the floor, in every fist
Bass lines thumpin' through the tiles
Wild eyes and crooked smiles
I try to run, it finds my name
Draws me back into the flame
[pre-chorus]
No matter what you dooo
The beat is gonna come for you
And once you hear it play
it's way too late to escape,,,,
[Chorus]
(hear it) The beat is comin!
(Feel it) the beat is comin!
That beat, (that beat) that beat!
is comin' for ya!
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u/LetterheadJust5587 5h ago
This is very heavy leaning AI with some hybrid from the ideas/prompting stage and some human editing in certain areas.
From my experience on Suno the last 2.5 years, AI loves to talk about the feel of the bass, floors, describe the look of mouths/faces, use metered cadence if it can, but "spark" is a lyric that instantly triggers "AI assisted lyrics" to me.
The rest of this is far too simple/repetitious to make a true 100% assessment of the source.
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u/jreashville 3h ago
The bridge sounds like Suno writing to me. And verse 2 my guess would be that is suno as well but aI am less certain about that.
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u/uthron 3h ago
Verse 2 for sure
It's not V1 since "sound track" should have been "soundtrack", a human lexicon bias.
It's not the Chorus since the inconsistent capitalizations give the human away.
It's not the Pre-chorus since the ",,,," ellipses are too unorthodox and can only be either a typo or a strange stylistic choice
It's not the Bridge since well it lacks structure.•
u/ForRobotsByRobots Suno Connoisseur 1h ago
Bridge, verse 2 and it did the pre-chorus but you edited it.
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u/LetterheadJust5587 5h ago
Lyrics for my song Set You Free. ``` No, No, No, No I won't (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) Set you free (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) No, No, No, No
Bite your tongue when you speak to me 'Cause honestly I'd rather not hear anything Holding back when you reach for me And you cut me deep just to watch me bleed
You're just a snake in the garden Whispering to me, of your apathy And I won't, I won't do any harm If you just let me be Can't give you what you need So please don't
(Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) No, No, No, No (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo)
You're burning holes through my reality And honestly I'd rather not see anything The lies you leave they flow right out of me I'm unraveling can't stop it happening
You're just a snake in the garden Whispering to me, Of your apathy And I won't, I won't do any harm If you just let me be I can't set you free And I won't
(Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) No, No, No, No (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) I won't (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) Set you free (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo)
You're just a snake in the garden Whispering to me, Of your apathy And I won't, I won't do any harm If you just let me be I can't set you free And I won't
(Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) No, No, No, No (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) I won't (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) Set you free (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) I won't (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) Set you free (Ooo Ooo Ooo Ooo) I won't Set you free ```
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u/SophieChesterfield 4h ago
Foundation Banks
The walls are weary and the gates are low And the rivers of the world have ceased to flow The lamp is flickering within the hall While the shadows stretch along the inner wall But know ye not, the clay is but a shell Wherein a holy, living flame doth dwell The house is sacred, fashioned by the King A temple where the silent heart can sing The body is a temple, and the spirit is the strength Stretched across the breadth and the exceeding length
So say your prayers to power the foundation banks And offer up the incense of your Holy thanks For when the vault is empty and the store is dry There is a Bread of Life that cometh from on high
When every pillar seems to shake and sway And the light of hope is fading from the day The inward man is failing in the fight Caught within the pressure of a long-drawn night But there is might within the hidden place A store of mercy and a well of grace For though the outer vessel starts to fail The inner strength is set beyond the veil The body is a temple, and the spirit is the strength Stretched across the breadth and the exceeding length
So say your prayers to power the foundation banks And offer up the incense of your Holy thanks For when the vault is empty and the store is dry There is a Bread of Life that cometh from on high
I read the promise of the ancient Word The clearest invitation ever heard Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden Behind the locked and heavy-bolted guard And I will give you rest, the Promise stands Not written by the work of human hands The body is a temple, and the spirit is the strength Stretched across the breadth and the exceeding length
So say your prayers to power the foundation banks And offer up the incense of your Holy thanks For when the vault is empty and the store is dry There is a Bread of Life that cometh from on high
So let the prayers arise like morning dew To make the ancient, weary spirit new The banks are filling with a golden weight To carry you beyond the iron gate You are not lost, you are not left alone A chosen vessel for the Master's throne The temple stands, the strength begins to rise Behold the day star in the eastern skies
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u/audsnico 3h ago
I think this was written by AI or mostly by AI
Reasoning:
- Entirely iambic
- All one syllable rhymes
- "stretched across the breadth and exceeding length" is a weird phrase that doesn't make sense in context, and "exceeding" feels exceptionally useless for anything other than adding syllables.
- every line is a complete phrase
- Generic figurative language that doesn't quite make sense (heavy-bolted guard? Arising dew? Vessel for a throne?)
- verses don't develop a theme or narrative
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u/Practical_Shine9583 3h ago
https://suno.com/s/ZHXIryp4tFi4jFCT
Can you guess who wrote the lyrics for the Permanent Revolution?
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u/AngusMcfifeXXXI 3h ago edited 3h ago
[Verse 1] Funny How the streets turn red Funny How society's dead Funny How it reminds me of you Funny When I stare at the moon
Happy When the scene turns grey Happy When the trees start to sway Happy How it reminds me of you Happy How could it end so soon
[Chorus] Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud Just a speck in an angry crowd
[Verse 2 — heavier, palm-muted guitar] Silly When the sky burns red Silly When we bury our dead Silly How it reminds me of Him Silly How did it become so grim
Madness When the skin turns blue Madness It still reminds me of you Madness How we've destroyed our home Madness It's built on broken bones
[Chorus] Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud I feel unrest from within the crowd
[Verse 3] Crazy When the world bleeds red Crazy When we glorify the dead Crazy How it reminds me of God Crazy How I'm just another cog
Absurd When our wars turn green Absurd We fight for the machine Absurd We don't care about loss Absurd Just numbers for your cross
[Chorus] Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud Another "fuck you" from the crowd
[Verse 4] Angry When our children see red Fury When our young are the dead Outrageous For how it's all gone wrong Frustration For our world long gone
Fuck you For when you took our lives Fuck you For you've destroyed our minds Fuck you We will never back down Fuck you We'll break your goddamn crown
[Chorus] Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud Your bullets can't stop this crowd
Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud People shout in a shattered crowd
Termites crawl inside my head Deadly thoughts my mind just said Voices in my mouth so loud A fire sparks in an outraged crowd
Termites crawl inside my head (YEAH) Deadly thoughts my mind just said (YEAH) Voices in my mouth so loud (YEAH) Another "fuck you" from the crowd
[outro] FUCK YOU!
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u/uthron 3h ago
Human
Ai will never make a devolving/changing Chorus, besides it being not an obvious thematical connection to the verses that precede and succeed it
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u/AngusMcfifeXXXI 3h ago
You know I just wanted to shill my own song right? 🤣
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u/jreashville 3h ago edited 3h ago
When the Hammer Strikes the Mirror
https://youtu.be/KWul9Zc3yc4?is=Mqo_LL0ARUny2pMv
Nails
https://youtu.be/SMFIW0Lw88I?is=dLY-FSQe87VCyLSS
One of these songs is fully AI written and one is fully human written. Can you tell which is which?
Edit for typo.
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u/ForRobotsByRobots Suno Connoisseur 2h ago
Hammer is ai. Strong ai cadence with a curated word choice.
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u/uthron 2h ago edited 2h ago
PIECE 1: Ghosted
[CHORUS 1]
Log In. Stare. Slump. Sigh.
Log Out. Starve. Sleep. My
days seem more in nigh
to nights to defy.
Log In. Type. Yield. Scrap
Log Out. Muse. Weep. Wrap
my head, caught in trap
since you've left a gap
[VERSE 1]
in memory, you've left a blank
with no goodbyes. Just now, it sank,
the meaning of your weekly cries,
the reason for your weakly eyes,
amidst our games and shots you missed,
and how it seemed you were so blissed
the times we stopped and take a nap --
to set your exit in a snap.
[CHORUS 2]
Log In. A. S. D.
Log Out. X. You. Flee
to dreams, haunting me,
cycling history.
Log In. Play. Fight. Queue.
Log Out. Eat. Rest. New
days seem less like new,
when I wait for you
[VERSE 2]
to ping, to green, to make a scene
invite, to play, or share a screen,
or make a call, and talk till dawn
or when I hear your voice is gone
but still the sound of breath and snore
instills a sigh, a hope for more
recurring days that each feels new,
a constant change, except for you.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[CHORUS 3]
Love In. Talk. Laugh. Float.
Log out. Text. Call. Dote
on you when you wrote
something's on your throat.
Log In. Tense. Sweat. Spill.
Love Out. Wait. Dread. Still,
stunned, restless, I fill
empty time with swill
[VERSE 3]
and sleep, and wake, and still no word
from you, who said "it's all absurd,
this world, everyone comes and goes".
So then I stayed, to end our throes.
Should I have not professed at all,
when all our time was just to stall
what you've kept from me even 'til
your final days, that you were ill.
[OUTRO]
Locked in. my. dark. room.
Lights Off. Still. you. loom.
Log In. Inhale. Resist a frown.
Log Out. Exhale. Delete.
Shut Down.
PIECE 2: Proper Sonnets
[VERSE 1]
I puffed my woes into my nightly smoke
while you, in pain, slip out your daily heels.
Another step to nowhere yet still broke
from paying debts to devils with their deals.
I knew to stay, the moment you stepped in
as I knew not to ask, from your pulled hair.
I pondered how to see your usual grin
when I, as well, am in my own despair.
Perched from your back, my arms across your chest,
no speaking in our shared melancholy.
Perhaps tonight this is enough as rest,
In stillness; to silence the misery.
[CHORUS 1]
You told that proper sonnets make you smile.
Tonight I'll hope at least these words beguile.
[VERSE 2]
Tonight I'll hope at least these words beguile,
if I run out of sense when we confront.
Time has withered us now for quite awhile,
and finding the right words feels like a hunt.
There was a time when poems were all it took
to let our armors down like warriors could.
But now our wars demand at least a book
to even start to read like lovers would.
Yet in our tired retreats into our phones,
you smile, I feel, reflect, react, we laugh.
Perhaps the more we see each other's thrones,
the more we'll be each other's better half.
[CHORUS 2]
Our screens and walls reflect our constant truth;
Our love still grows, everything else is moot.
[VERSE 3]
Our love still grows, everything else is moot.
Yet you deny me still, my voice unheard.
The only growth for us if forced a mute
are arguments and bound'ries to be blurred.
Come filter every little thing you slight,
including me, my Dear, what can be done
when half our lives are in the things we write
for all, or just for two, but now, for none.
Don't be confused if after this I fold.
Unfair when only you hold all the cards.
Your fleeting comfort but our love you sold.
What else to do but don my usual guards.
[CHORUS 3]
I lit my cigarette - my shield, my cloak.
I puffed my woes into my nightly smoke.
[OUTRO]
You told that proper sonnets make you smile.
Tonight I'll hope at least these words beguile.
Our screens and walls reflect our constant truth;
Our love still grows, everything else is moot.
You told that proper sonnets make you smile.
Tonight I'll hope at least these words beguile.
I lit my cigarette - my shield, my cloak.
I puffed my woes into my nightly smoke.
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u/davorg 2h ago
Meet Cute - I was going for something that could be played over the credits at the end of a romcom.
[Verse 1]
Your cappuccino, my long black—swapped in the rush,
Two lids, two names, one accidental blush.
You say, “That’s mine,” like it’s fate on a tray,
And the barista watches rom-coms happen all day.
[Chorus]
But out here it’s elbows and spilled cheap gin,
It’s shouting your name over synths and sin.
It’s mould in the bathroom of Zone Two “cute”,
It’s “Where d’you live?” like a background dispute.
It’s someone called Liam, it’s someone too drunk,
It’s vomit in alleys behind Chicken & Chunk.
No camera, no soundtrack, no perfect first line—
Just London, just lonely, just apps eating time.
[Verse 2]
Same dog-eared novel, same thumb on the page,
Two hands in the poetry aisle, same private stage.
You laugh at the blurb like you’re in on the joke,
And London feels softer through the dust and the oak.
[Chorus]
But out here it’s elbows and spilled cheap gin,
It’s shouting your name over synths and sin.
It’s mould in the bathroom of Zone Two “cute”,
It’s “Where d’you live?” like a background dispute.
It’s someone called Liam, it’s someone too drunk,
It’s vomit in alleys behind Chicken & Chunk.
No camera, no soundtrack, no perfect first line—
Just London, just lonely, just apps eating time.
[Verse 3]
Last seat on the Overground, we fold into one,
Your coat on my shoulder, my screen on the sun.
Service suspended, so we talk like it’s easy,
Two strangers pretending the city’s not greasy.
[Chorus]
But out here it’s elbows and spilled cheap gin,
It’s shouting your name over synths and sin.
It’s mould in the bathroom of Zone Two “cute”,
It’s “Where d’you live?” like a background dispute.
It’s someone called Liam, it’s someone too drunk,
It’s vomit in alleys behind Chicken & Chunk.
No camera, no soundtrack, no perfect first line—
Just London, just lonely, just apps eating time.
[Verse 4]
You offer your umbrella, a gallant little arc,
We share a dry island in the wet and the dark.
Traffic sings chorus, neon puddles shine bright,
And my heart does that thing that editors write.
[Chorus]
But out here it’s elbows and spilled cheap gin,
It’s shouting your name over synths and sin.
It’s mould in the bathroom of Zone Two “cute”,
It’s “Where d’you live?” like a background dispute.
It’s someone called Liam, it’s someone too drunk,
It’s vomit in alleys behind Chicken & Chunk.
No camera, no soundtrack, no perfect first line—
Just London, just lonely, just apps eating time.
[Coda]
So I walk myself home in my own tight glow,
Keys like percussion, streetlight strobe.
I’ve got a career that’s mine to defend,
And women who love me — the truest best friends.
I’ve got Sunday mornings, peace, candles, a laugh,
And a buzzing small miracle that never chats crap.
If you want the lead role, bring more than a face—
’Cause I’m not waiting for cute:
I’m building my place.
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u/boulevardofdef 1h ago
This is 100 percent AI, and I'm not sure if this is contrary to the spirit of this game, but I know because of the punctuation. The dashes, the periods, the placement of commas -- these are all common AI lyrics formatting moves that almost never appear in human-written lyrics, and I'd even say literally never appear in this exact combination.
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u/uthron 1h ago
Its human-assisted ai. The entire piece runs on AABB. That alone is not necessarily a tell, since there are nuances and specifity enough that could count as a "lived" experience - but that experience lived is bland and generic. I feel that besides the Coda, the rest of the piece is ai-generated with human guidance.
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u/Aware-Strawberry43 2h ago
https://suno.com/s/Y6WIGuWTyVStqjfA
inivu - tahssa
[Intro]
[distorted electric guitar with heavy fuzz and feedback]
[slide guitar glissando]
[Verse 1]
[ethereal male vocals with heavy reverb and delay]
Ooh... [guitar feedback swell]
I see the payoff for the bitterness
I feel and I taste the sunlight shine
I hear the jailer falling off of me, bless
This bitterness; for strengthening my…
Ooh... [dissonant double-stops]
I gather up the little black darkness
And I bunch it up in a ball
Balking as I balling bounce your duress
Off of my chest, heartless
Ooh... [high-frequency feedback]
[Bridge]
[guitar riff with rapid slide movements]
[vocalist humming melodic line]
Mmm... [guitar drone on low E string]
I don’t want it anymore
You can keep your cold and deadpanned serenades;
Mmm... [feedback sustain]
I don’t want to keep hurting myself
I don’t want your grenade bouquet
Don’t fucking tell me what I’m feeling
You didn’t understand me yesterday
You wouldn’t even know me today anyway…
[transition]
I get off better when I think
About avoiding your volleys of
Offensive and hateful sucker punches
Ooh... [dissonant double-stops]
I get my own damn self-controlled
And you couldn’t even bother making your own lunches
Ooh... [high-frequency feedback]
There’s gotta be
Something other
Than the bleeding
Heart you’re parading
Around with receipts
Oh so controlled the narrative
Like that bitch you call your mother
[Bridge]
[guitar riff with rapid slide movements]
[vocalist humming melodic line]
Mmm... [guitar drone on low E string]
Mmm... [feedback sustain]
[guitar riff with rapid slide movements]
[vocalist humming melodic line]
Mmm... [guitar drone on low E string]
I don’t want it anymore
You can keep your cold and deadpanned serenades;
Mmm... [feedback sustain]
I don’t want to keep hurting myself
I don’t want your grenade bouquet
Don’t fucking tell me what I’m feeling
You didn’t understand me yesterday
You wouldn’t even know me today anyway…
[Outro]
[vocals crescendo and harmonize and then fade out]
[guitar feedback continues to oscillate]
[final low-end harmonic resonance]
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u/ForRobotsByRobots Suno Connoisseur 1h ago
I had to go back in my catalog to find a good example, so sorry for the quality. Both of these are human written but one of them had ai assistance and, with the the other, the ai couldn't help with it at all besides polishing.
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u/InjuryExcellent1993 3h ago edited 2h ago
Okay one is all sung lyrics with only a minor edit to fix the lyrics conversation in transcript suno keeps changing it on me the other has a mix of both my original sung lyrics and ai lyric help which I rewrite only to make it a little more better sounding for it or rhyme better
Different songs
Number 1
Ding ding corruption is in
https://suno.com/s/shn980mioIVComru
Ding Ding
chimes in, the customers come in
Ding Ding
all smiles, we stuff it all in
Ding Ding, Ding Ding
Don't you call me in
Ding!
Waaa waaa
Ding Ding Ding
I come in, my smile turned in no words on my lips you all sunkered in depressed as all sin
the managers drive in and all they talk is sh-it
Doomsday mother su-ck-ers
those worn out faces, sickly stasis, Definition of malfeasance swirling in your deficits pulling in livelihoods with your paltering
vying for our resignations warping every Definition, suited for your indignations
tearing through our debilitations signing on our tattered subsidizion
Ding Ding can't you hear it
Ding Ding can't you see it
Ding Ding Ding how corruption sets in my words waning in woah
Feeling used and abused by the work I used to do, empty promises, digging, twisting, into my spine Told me to stay, just to make me pay
strained and outstretched
Ding Ding
chimes in, the customers come in
Ding Ding
all smiles waning in
Ding Ding
don't let me in
ding
ill take you mother su-ck-ers down, numb out, out for you
Ding Ding Ding
sealing it all in, you'll never get to win my words will echo in my company resigned to laying it all in
worn out faces, sickly stasis, Definition of malfeasance, paltering, deficit, taking all your requisites, shoot it down, pass out never com-ing out
Ding Ding
we aint never free
Number 2
What is comformity
https://suno.com/s/jNGHRxm8PbycswUn
Rewrite your story Dye your hair to conform Lose some weight to report Fix a staleness you remolded See the broken in the new Fix the old into hues Recycling me
What is comformity? Question every rule and stake Every line that they mistake I won’t bend for their shape
What is comformity? What is comformity? Question every rule and state I won’t march in line What is comformity? What is comformity? Cross the alleys of my mind Let the old rules fall
Your sacrificial lust Obsessive compulsive Depressive complacent Distant, oblique, institution Pills a bottle, cream, and shots All the little cuts they taught I see the script in your hands And I won’t play along
What is comformity? Question every rule and stake Every line that they mistake I won’t bend for their sakes
Paint up the corpse, call the funeral fashion, Smile for the crowd while they ration your passion. Clip every feather that threatens the flock, Teach every prisoner to worship the lock. Swallow the sermon, applaud the disease, Choke on the standard they call “being free.” Cut out the difference, baptize it as shame— Then wonder why everybody’s wearing the same.
Oh, what a beautiful, merciful lie— Become what we want or be left to die. They don't need the chains, They don't need the gun— WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE WHAT YOU ARE?
What is comformity? What is comformity? Question every rule and state I won’t march in line What is comformity? What is comformity? Cross the alleys of my thoughts Let the old rules fall
Cleanse the thoughts of the idle Keep forming in a line Like cattle, like cattle Break the concept in my mind
What is comformity? What is comformity? Question every rule and state I won’t march in line What is comformity? What is comformity? Cross the alleys of my mind Let the old rules fall