Iron Maiden - Virus lyrics

There's an evil virus
That's threatening mankind
Not state of the art
A serious state of the mind
The muggers, the backstabber
The two faced elite
A menace to society
A social disease

Rape of the mind
Is a social disorder
The cynics
The apathy one-upmanship order

Watching beginnings of social decay
Gloating or sneering at life's disarray
Eating away at your own self esteem
Pouncing on every word
That you might be saying

Rape of the mind
Is a social disorder
The cynics
The apathy one-upmanship order

Superficially smiling
A shake of the hand
As soon as the back is turned
Treachery is planned

Rape of the mind is a social disorder

The cynics
The apathy one-upmanship order

Watching beginnings of social decay
Gloating or sneering
At life's disarray

When every good thing's laid to waste
By all the jealousy and hate
By all the acid wit and rapier lies
And every time you think you're safe
And when you go to turn away
You know they're sharpening
All their paper knives

All in your mind
All in your head
Try to relate it
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to escape it

Without a conscience they destroy
And that's a thing that they enjoy
They're a sickness that's in all our minds
They want to sink the ship and leave
The way they laugh at you and me
You know it happens all the time

All in your mind
All in your head
Try to relate it
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to escape it

The rats in the cellar
You know who you are
[4x]

Or do you? [4x]

Watching beginnings of social decay