Upper downer, side to side

We live to watch or have a go

Let's reproduce the advert life

That winks the “yes” as it yells the “no”

(Now you're just a culture addict)

And sells the basic contradiction

What you need is more addiction

Every desire is up for sale

Greed succeeds as reason fails

Addicted tricked but then I fixed it

Kicked it, missed it - couldn't resist it

What's addiction? Who's to say

Degrees extreme or every day

With repetition it begins

Realisation sinking in

(Now you're just a culture addict)

No more choice of take or leave it

The double-sided "can't believe it"

How did something so brand new

Become the only thing to do?

Addicted tricked but then I fixed it

Kicked it, missed it - couldn't resist it

Pleasure was the measure used

To judge the idea of success

But then your conscience got abused

By false conceptions of "the best"

Now it’s too easy to get more

And more of what you're needing less

And harder too, to reach a point

Beyond this culture of excess

Addicted tricked but then I fixed it

Kicked it, missed it - couldn't resist it

Addicted

Couldn’t resist it