they meant you feat. Dale Detail

First it was the difficult ones

Then it was the loud

Then the ones who wouldn't answer

Then the ones who stood out

You said fine by me

Fair enough

You said must be a reason

Must be

You said if you've done nothing wrong

Oh, don't

They meant you

Hey

They meant you

Hey

You just didn't know it yet

Hey

They meant you

Hey

You were only safeBecause they hadn't reached you yet

Not you

Not yet

Not me

Not yet

Not us

Careful

Then difficult got wider

Loud became disrespect

Different became dangerous

Funny how the fence gets moved

You cheered the postsWhen they were hammered round somebody else

Now your garden's smaller

Funny that

They meant you

Hey

They meant you

Hey

You just didn't know it yet

You kept asking what they'd done

As if that was the important bit

You never asked

How far a word can travel

Once you let someone else define it

Quite far

Know your place

Show your papers

Keep your head down

Learn the language

Back the badge

Trust the landlord

Thank the boss

Take the blame

You kept moving the line

They kept moving it too

You thought you were standing beside them

You were standing in the queue

They meant you

Hey

They meant you

Hey

You just didn't know it yet

They meant me

Hey

They meant us

Hey

Turns out themWas doing a lot of fucking work

They meant you

They meant you

They just hadn't got to you