Come to the placebo arm
Hang the bag of over-labeled saline
Just lie back and trust
Sugar pills and fairy dust
Well, well
Welcome to the placebo arm
Studies need control groups to be powered
Thus, you have a role…
Zero power, no control
Welcome to the placebo arm
No effect is too Lilliputian
Call it absolution or karma
Welcome to the placebo arm
Where we stop at “First do no harm.”
You buy the farm, we sell the pharma
Come to the placebo arm
Guinea pigs and corporate pigs colluding
False efficacy
Ghostwritten by the patentee
Well, well
Welcome to the placebo arm
We can data dredge our way to double
Blind, blinds have been drawn
Sham on, sham on, sham on
Welcome to the placebo arm
No effect is too Lilliputian
Call it absolution or karma
Welcome to the placebo arm
Where we stop at “First do no harm.”
You buy the farm, we sell the pharma
Lauren London - additional vocals
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