Beware the rotting wind
Of complacency
It loves to suck you in
Till you're history
If you can't afford the price
Of a fatal slip
You better learn to dance
To the master's whip
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Keep the tension on
It helps to keep the tension on
There's something to be said
For the sweating palm
There's nothing like the high

>From a ticking bomb
You've got to put yourself
To the acid test
Or let your life decay
In a fat-cat's rest
repeat chorus
All day long I dream I'm outside
On the hundredth floor
Down below are people - screaming
Feel their tension soar
repeat chorus