Manic Street Preachers
Critical Thinking

[Chorus]
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?

[Verse 1]
It's okay to not be okay, live your best life
Be kind, have some empathy
Speak truth to power, it's your lived experience
Be your authentic self, be fitter, be happier
Speak your truth, as I enter this page
I feel we meet together

[Pre-Chorus]
Or maybe not, maybe as we hurtle down the avalanche
To the cul-de-sac of a non-descript nowhere land
Where J.G. Ballard once took a stand
Free ports, free

[Chorus]
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?

[Verse 2]
Transient meditations, remote procedures
Slowly the deletion begins, the paragon of virtue
The pinnacle of despair, the apex of denial
The skyscrapers of untruth, customised feeds
Net neutrality, smart meters
Smart water, smart fucking motorways
Body positivity, believe in yourself
Imposter syndrome, fuck that!
[Bridge]
I don't want to be admired, I demand no respect
I don't want to be feared
I'd like to enter the gates of oblivion
With a lanyard round my neck
An aesthetic so bland and

[Chorus]
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?
What happened to your critical thinking?