They say knowledge is power yet I feel weak.
When strength is in numbers and no one knows,
then how shall the earth go to the meek?
Power is the knowledge that people will agree
when no other option is addressed
and the media controls what we see.
The tele-images flash black and blue
beating our minds to a ****** pulp
and delivering news that’s untrue.
Television tells us lies
Through reporter spies
who invade our lives.
And only the truly informed will fight
for the rights of the freethinking brain
so the rest can sleep well at night.
We believe the clockwork illusions
drawing miserable conclusions.
Yet no one stops to decipher these cerebral intrusions
or question these mass delusions.
What, now, does our youth stand for?
What is it that makes us tick?
What kind of truth do we bring forth?
We have bludgeoned the idea of originality,
We've killed individuality, embraced naivete
and wasted opportunity.
So where shall we end up?
When will we stand up?
Our generation will shape the next,
yet we, ourselves, are misshapen.
When communication is reduced to text,
when will our youth awaken?
* This is Generation X *