Reanimate the things you live for
Recreate the state you’d die for
Big “hallelujah” for this place
So everyone can see what they should pray for

You need new batteries
The world needs new images
You need new batteries
The world needs it most

We have our own philosophy
What you want is what we need
We have no ideology
What you want is what we need

We have our own philosophy (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
What you want is what we need (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
We have no ideology (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
What you want is what we need
L’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi

Go for a nice and healthy home now
Go for a heavy‐metal soul now
Go for a house with big stairs now
And go to an arty‐farty party now

I bought a cosy little runaround
I bought a chateau from the lost & found
Paid for a hundred million lies
I bought the dreams you once decried

We have our own philosophy (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
What you want is what we need (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
We have no ideology (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
What you want is what we need (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
We have no ideology (tout ce que je veux est a toi)
What you want is what we need

You lost the groove somehow
So I gave you art
You lost the blues somehow
So I gave you art to start a new era

We have our own philosophy
What you want is what we need
We have no ideology
What you want is what we need

We have our own philosophy (honi soit qui mal y pense)
What you want is what we need (honi soit qui mal y pense)
We have no ideology (honi soit qui mal y pense)
What you want is what we need
L’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi, l’etat c’est moi