Silos

They cannot treat her mental health because of her addiction But when she gets through detox They say she's too high risk and They send her off to hospital So then within a week She's been dosed up on some Valium And sent home with no relief Every few months a psychologist must fill in a form Telling Centrelink she cannot work 'cause nothing's changed at all But then one month, they get confused and tick a different box And an office clerk at Centrelink just cuts her payments off With no money and no alcohol and an untreated addiction She can't afford the bottles So of course she's gonna nick them And it's off to see the magistrate who gives another fine And if the family was poor or black, then she'd be doing time Keep on privatising Cutting and dividing Services in silos Nothing helps and nobody knows Keep on privatising Cutting and dividing Services in silos Nothing helps and nobody knows They say you cannot help someone who will not help themselves But what of those who want to change but need a bit more help Do you really think that someone wants the constant carousel Of the hold music at Centrelink and a fucking prison cell? No one wants to be addicted, no one wants to be depressed Ostracised, vilified and thrown in above their head Politicians use a tragedy to prove that they're strong men Then incarcerate the victims that they're claiming to protect Keep on privatising Cutting and dividing Services in silos Nothing helps and nobody knows Keep on privatising Cutting and dividing Services in silos Nothing helps and nobody knows You just make the prisons bigger You forget, you forget and you make the prison bigger Push it down, block it out and you make the prisons bigger You tell yourself you'll sleep at night if you make the prisons bigger You forget, you forget and you make the prison bigger Push it down, block it out and you make the prisons bigger Justify, tell 'em all lies and you make the prisons bigger You tell yourself you'll sleep at night if you make the prisons bigger Make the prisons bigger Make the prisons bigger Make the prisons bigger Make the prisons bigger