I found a way playing secret agent Mastered their game Playing by the rules that they gave us Ate up all they made us Everyday was the same Mumbling manners “Don’t play with your plate” Drinking kool aid Tongue paint and tooth aches Always late for an important date Paralyzed by the poisonous lies we tried to deny We caved, we craved, we sighed Grounded in Groundhog Day We are what we eat, So we’re also the bait? We learned to interpret We learned about taste I learned about gardens I learned about Gates Peer pressure became too much to measure so some gave up, had had enough In the flood of info and blood Confused abuse for Truth Twisted up our faces “Theres always another way” As they scurried away from an escape gate Gasping as they gave up So we could get away And create a change that changes from which it’s made We’re webbed by the weaving of the waves weve made I broke away the sacred chains for a clean canvas slate Traded a bad trade and upgraded Picked up the pace Learned love burns but it’s worth the hurt ’till the next turn, always Learned to let go and take turns, I learned my place And learned we never get anything we never earn so don’t you try to look away Get up and stare it in it’s face
Every hinge broken down Nothing is sacred now It’s strange and loud Moving, growing, out and about and all around Slowly then and suddenly now I hear sounds Ringing throughout my mind like a heavy crown that makes me bow Falling down Starting again from the ground What am I thinking? I should be proud Thinking I’ve really learned as I turn around Tongue tied and twisted around What can I read between the lines? What am I not asking right? Am I petrified or disguised? Cages can be castles Homes protect and hassle Sometimes our ideals just aren’t practical So we learned to look away and for a way to get sane, A place to hide and stay From busy body bullies craving chump change, Sinners to chase, To shake for loose change, A master race to erase, Pushing pleasure and pain as doorways to escape, Marking main links in the chain, masking , Making the safe stay plain so they’ll never know their place, They’ll keep waiting, Running races for another’s payday Constant charity, no vacations from enslavement Returning to the pain that breaks them, To the ones that claim to save them, mark, milk and rearrange them In the name of Creation