You’ve got a personality;
We’ll throw you in the sea
And watch you drown –
Dumb it down.
Your concentration span’s too long;
It’s longer than this song,
That’s not allowed –
Dumb it down.
You don’t need books to know what’s what;
We’ll pile them up
And burn them to the ground –
Dumb it down.
And if you say that we’re corrupt,
We’ll round you up
And run you out of town –
Dumb it down.

Well, down and down and down it goes. Well, down and down and down it goes.
Where it stops nobody knows Where it stops nobody knows
And not a lot of people seem to care.
Well, it’s so crazy, it’s so great, Well, it’s so crazy, it’s so great,
We can all communicate, We can all communicate,
But no one’s saying anything out there.
Is there anybody out there?

Intelligence is dangerous;
A virus of the brain
You pass around –
Dumb it down.
We’ll vaccinate each boy and girl,
Lobotomise the world
Through sight and sound –
Dumb it down.
No one can tell you what to think
And if you think that’s true
Then you’re a clown –
Dumb it down.
’Cause freedom’s wasted on the free
You just don’t see
The beauty all around –
You dumb it down.

Well, down and down and down we slide. Well, down and down and down we slide.
It’s too tricky to decide It’s too tricky to decide
Between channels one and sixty-three
‘Cause everything is mindless fluff ‘Cause everything is mindless fluff
Like this world’s not dumb enough. Like this world’s not dumb enough.
Does anybody feel the same as me?
Is there anybody listening?