addicted to razors
lashes to saviors
glued to the monitor
trained behavior
reduced to a number
mechanic enslavement
a virtual prison
selected detainment

a gradual nightmare
suicidal impulse
a cycle of habit
undeniable loss
breathing by wire
a network of heroes
processing data
as ones and zeros

carry me through the wires
bury me in the screen
shift me into this fixation
cling to the machine

You can tell us that it isn't serious
And you can tell us that you'll do it right
You can tell us that you've got it all worked out
You can tell us that it's all for us

But we know you're lying
But we know you're lying
But we know you're lying through your teeth

You can tell us that it's for security
And you can tell us it's for our own good
You can tell us that we wouldn't understand

You'll bruise their hearts, child
You'll live their lives?
You'll fill their shoes, child?
You'll still be right?
You'll speak your words, child
You're still naïve
You'll tell your lies, child
They'll still believe

All you've ever said about them, it was never right
Has all you've learned here been forgotten? You're the perfect light?

Don't strain your head, child
Thinking for them

Old friend, i hear you.
i know just how you feel.
i've been in your shoes before,
i've seen your worries,
and i can understand everything you're going through.

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and i believe in you.
your time is coming.
don't give up tonight.
there's a life ahead.
your time is coming.
don't let go tonight,

my friend, i've listened.
things only can improve.
you have all the time in the world.

hold everything dear
in your hand
in a moment it's gone
everything that you love disappears
hold everything close
cause you may outlast it
memory's all that remain of the way that it was

watch it all go by
cause it's all that you can do
everything changes so fast
for better or for worse
it was never up to you
everything's changing so fast

hold everything in
you're a mess