Righteousness reaching out cunning hands Molding minds of the meek Mindfucked by the hope of a promised land A pious purpose, automated response A synthetic, sympathetic reaction In sheltered simplicity emotions are lost To dispassionate stupefaction An innocent indoctrination, numbing mind-conversion Thought beaten down while spirit drowns in Ignorance immersion Abandon all hope, see, feel, hear and taste nothing Within and without, surrounded by suffering Deliver me from my senses Spurn the consolation of religion And illusions of immortality When you savor eternal suffering Purged, purified, you'll be set free Desperately I seek truth From thoughts rendered through mind Striving forward with baited breath I reach for what it hides