Wars have been fought minorities crushed,
And the government's shown it's devotion,
To power, greed, the corporate need,
And distanced itself from human emotion,
The spinning wheels on which we're forced to weave,
Reality becoming harder to perceive.
What remained of our humanity was truly culled,
By instutions that nailed us to lives we hate
And every day I step outside to watch
the smoke from the machines accumulate
The false cities we built on flaccidity
The death that creeps in before we've taken our first breath
I've got this pair of hands at the ends of my arms
I know they're capable but I'm not sure what of
A balance struck between new and old,
In our collective struggle I/We fight alone
The liberties we take to save their souls
To guide the blind into the darkest cave we've known.
A black sky haunted this kingdom of thieves but now
[The] smoke clears to reveal the gleam of beauty behind the veil
Abundant and free, finally we see
Unobstructed, uncorrupted we breathe
A purer source than we have grown [up] to know
Cherished lives, forgotten plights a guise I can call my own
Smokescreen,
It's getting thicker,
Smokescreen,
Blinded by fear.
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