Repugnant

Let me tell you what I find sickening Our self imprisonment seems to be quickening We are the wardens We are the inmates Of our gilded cage Alone Our voices lost on the poison wind of this dying age We are the wardens of our gilded cage We vote ourselves into shackles As if we had a choice Our dignity: what a fucking joke If it ever did live, it died with JFK We are one and the same Alone And yet together United under the weight of what it means to be "I" The number 8 tipped on her shoulder Chewing a tail of starry night sky The more we learn The more we cry Or wish we could Look death straight in the eye The more we learn It's tragic happiness in life comes from ignorance The more we cry Or wish we could Straight in the eye Let's be honest: our feelings wane by the day Sapped by the screens Sapped by the screens we cradle Rotting culture brain-soup ladle The pursuit of modern conveniences Objects we hold so dear Drain us day by day The years passing us by Never seeing what's right in front of us We can never quite grasp the concept Numbing our pain with magic potions Anything not to feel Anything not to feel This way We vote ourselves into shackles As if we had a choice Our dignity: what a fucking joke If it ever did live, it died with JFK We are one and the same (Alone) Repugnant seeds from the strategist Cease all the feats of consequence Sick from self-sabotage We are wardens of gilded prisms