Presented like a product,
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placed in a black box
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the promise of salvation,
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is enough to make us watch
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there is no thought,
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and there is no concern
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we can't retrace our steps
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across the bridges that we burn
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but were content to be
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getting what we're getting for free
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so we lock our chains
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and we throw away the key
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but the free comes at a price
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that we'd rather not think about
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the free comes at a price
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we'd rather not think about.
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well we don' think much
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about much these days
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so the chance of that happening
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quickly fades away
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into another haze of emotion,
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another blur of product
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far from any pretense
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and removed from any context
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but nothing really seems
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to be in context anymore
|
we sold our integrity
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and now we are the whores
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with our blue plastic checking cards
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and silicone implants
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our pre-constructed world
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that has all us trapped
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(and) All we are...
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is a tool to be used to pay
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for someone else's rent
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a profit gain of 23%
|
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(and) All we are...
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Pieces of paper to be torn into shreds
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a small piece of capital to be worked until our death
|
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salvation in consumption
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is an absurd way to live
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products as religion
|
is too much to give
|
so we fill our lives with useless items
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to make up for ourselves
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and we fill our heads with excuses
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to justify our wealth
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but the greed that fuels our consumption
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seems to be accepted
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and not just as a fault,
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but as a trait to be respected
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how we got to this point
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is a question without answer
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we can blame it on TV,
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but we set the standard
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all of this hypocricy
|
just leaves me more confused
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expecting something more
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when i should just be amuzed
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at the pettiness, the irony,
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the ignorance, and abuse
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the individual twines we braid
|
into one collective noose
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cause at the age of 24
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you can't expect me to accept
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that the standards of humanity
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coul possibly be less
|
all we ever wanted
|
was to be something more than this
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all we ever wanted
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was to be something more than this!
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