Electronic eyes, staring down the boulevard
With facial recognition, capturing your soul
They can see you walk, they watch you talk
Reading lips and watching as you stroll

Wandering pedestrians or folks driving in their cars
The eyes they are recording, digital files made
Matching on the database, catching who they can
Making sure that rules are all being obeyed

Compliance is harmony, Deviation is noise
On your way to somewhere aware and on your toes
Try to avoid attention, downplaying your presence
Minimising actions and just going with the flow

Traffic noise fills your ears, your breathing isn't regular
You know you're on their radar, try to stay unnoticed
Gaze pinned to the ground as you try to cross the road
But you know the eyes are following, observing every move

In a moment of defiance, you stare into the camera's eye
In your mind the watchers expression changes
They know that you can't see them, but they feel exposed
Let your eyes burn into that camera, upsetting their calm

For a single, frozen second... you are turning tables.
But the system doesn't feel, it only ever recalibrates.
You're just a new variable in the data it accumulates.
Do you feel the victory?...
...Or just the weight of the cage?