So my friend and I are going thru the OW2 radio songs and transcribing the lyrics on musixmatch so they'll show up on Spotify. However, there's a few spots in Do As Your Told that we're not sure about. Here's what we've got so far:

Lyrics

Wishes are worth less than nothing

To someone who wants for nought

Let the Caretaker's^(1) hand lead you daily

It is better for the betters and those who are not^(2)

Ideas are dangerous and can break you

And take you away from the role you'll play

Everything is grand and Paradigm^(3) planned

It's safe inside the mold so just do as you're told

Longings are dangerous and can crack you

And distract you from all your duties with haste

Let the Caretaker's hand lead you daily

It is better for the betters or else it's a waste

Everything is grand and Paradigm planned

It's safe inside the mold so just do as you're told

Watching and guiding

System abiding

Do not go sliding away

We're never hiding

They stay providing

Do as you're told and obey

Working and 'biding^(4)

Faithfully striding

Do not go gliding^(5) away

Thoughts are dividing

So they stay deciding

Just do as you're told and obey

Questions

1 Should Caretaker be capitalized

Points for: could be a shortened version of the Sovereign's full title (Protector of Arcadia and Caretaker of the Worlds, the Sovereign Henry Varick)

2 Is it 'not' or 'nought'

• 'not', as in "those who are not the betters":
  • Line will include everyone in the Protectorate, thus doing as your told is good for everyone.
• 'not', as in "those who are not alive":
  • I have heard someone being refereed to as 'not' in other media, meaning they are dead. Doesn't seem very likely given the rest of the song and the Protectorate's deal, but thought I'd float the idea.
• 'nought', as in "those who are nothing":
  • Calls back to second line, saying these people are so good at being no one, they are nothing. Calling them 'nought' includes them in the people that doing as your told is good for; Notably, excludes people in the middle who may need Mental Refreshment.

3 Should "Paradigm" be capitalized? 4 Is this what she says?

We're thinking its may be a shortening of abiding from the previous section. Or possibly just biding, as in biding time?

5 Is this what she says?

We both hear "bliding" but that's not a word, and "gliding" is sounds pretty close and makes sense in the context of the song. Perhaps "blighting", as in "don't be a blight on the Protectorate"?

Disclaimer: I (op) have not played ow/ow2 and am posting in behalf of my friend who has, but we listen to the music a bunch so I have a loose grasp on The Vibe of the factions, and may include their thoughts in some replies.

edit: formatting :þ