Mike Rauss - Hypnotised

Here it is, I have finally gathered the courage to release this song. I wrote it with my sister Kimbob.

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Lyrics:
Watching an entire world falling down to its kneesEverybody standing up telling me oh please oh pleaseFree my heart and my mind and my soul because I don’t know what to doAnd they’ve got nowhere else to goThey don’t want this violence, no

I see destruction far and wide, this cannot be justifiedI see us all so polarisedBeing pushed into divideAnd no matter what I sayIt doesn’t seem to change the wayReally tears me up insideIt’s like we’re being hypnotised

I could say let’s all unite, cause we’re all one and all that shiteBut we’re so busy picking sidesThis propaganda just dividesViolence only breeds more pain and the cycle stays the sameIt’s a politician’s game, while they profit from our pain

I am not the victim here, and I know my privilegeBut I see people closing doors based on someone’s heritageI see the fire in their eyes, the justice in their viewBut division builds a wall instead of something new

But everyone’s pain is what’s left at the end of the dayAnd nothing I can say will change what has happened anywaySo the only thing that’s left is to be compassionate’Cause what we all want in the end is for this thing to have an endIs the killing to have an endIs the starving to have an endIs this thing to have an end

Credits:
released November 6, 2025
Written by Mike Rauss and Kim Rauss
Performed by Mike Rauss