I am the crucifix, I am the cage Alert and certifiably insane You are the nameless face in the crowd Mimicking survival as the world comes down I am a shroud to conceal primal instinct Tethered by a string so your frontal lobe is distinct You are the back brain cocked and locked Separated subtly by safety that you mock I am the filter. You are the farce Masquerading civilly as something that you aren’t We are the victims. They are the cure Processing revision to a system that is flawed They are the idols commandeering crime Rattling the chains if your behavior’s out of line You cannot be rid of me try as you might I am your conviction eating you inside
I am pretending to be real I emulate the way I feel And though your signal does not fade I feel the need to rearrange You’re a stat, you’re a quota Just a figure on a graph Suffocating close to darkness Alternating heart attack
He is the blister marring your face She is the blemish that you can’t erase We are the people with despicable names We cannot abide to be caught playing games
Can you solve me? I am daunting fictional formality Indicating status to a populace in dire need Though you conjure me from nothingness, I am alive Necessary to control the urges of your kind Unequivocally, I am your master without question I will flood your cells with serotonin binding to receptors Re-uptaking is rejected once your consciousness surrenders I’m the wickedest addiction and they call me legal tender
Lamenting lobbyist pretends to give a shit and make amends The council of corruption will continue to collect Averting every scrutiny of policy and practice It is madness to oppose, an even greater sin to track it Pointing fingers, perfect figureheads inscrutably enmesh In ecologies of disbelief, supported by their tyranny Successful distraction and a dumbing down of neural action Draining and debilitating, killing for approval ratings
Third-eye chakra going blind, Your instinct is dull and out of line Astral pathogenic is waiting to attack, An epidemic aphrodisiac In summation, I suspect You’ve drifted off into the depths Of lethargic, fatal sleep, The cycle will repeat You have opted out and now they’re counting up the score An endless harvest of regret will be your reward