paroles de chanson Conditioning (Live At The NHK Hall, Tokyo Japan, 23 September 1984) - Howard Jones

Well, you're not, you're not who you think you are
Well, you think that you've done a thing
But you're not, you're not who you think you are
Jumbled mess of preconceived ideas

From our birth we were given an identity
People told us we were great or small
From our birth we were given rules of right and wrong
Not forgetting who lays the score

Why teach us all to think that life is full of limitations?
Why try to make us think that there are laws or limits?
Why teach us all to think that life is full of limitations?
Why try to make us think that there are laws or limits?
Whoa, whoa
Welcome to conditioning
Welcome to conditioning

As the world makes us feel great
As the world makes us feel small
So convinced of our identity
If we only knew what we just can't
Believe then we just won't believe it

Idiots who think that we are such a success
Idiots who think that we are just a failure
Idiots who think that we are so intelligent
Idiots who think that we are just a dodo, dodo
Welcome to conditioning
Welcome to conditioning

Hey you, hey you
As the world makes you think that you're a soldier
Well you're not, you're not who you think you are
Well you think that you are John or Jane
But you're not, you're not who you think you are
Dumb or handsome, a preconceived idea

Welcome to conditioning
Welcome to conditioning
Welcome, welcome to conditioning

Thank you
Thank you, thank you
What is
What is
Anyway