Take pills to keep control Drugs to cure us all A need to fit the mold But disregard the soul Attempts to fill the void Of everything inside Promising a life That won't materialize Pills to keep control Drugs to cure us all A need to fit the mold But disregard the soul Attempts to fill the void Of everything inside Promising a life That won't materialize And now it's time to recognize the damage done While we can salvage some authentic meaning still Spinning, spinning, I'm trying to understand it Dizzy, I'm dizzy, I'm navigating in murky water Pills to keep control Drugs to cure us all A need to fit the mold But disregard the soul Attempts to fill the void Of everything inside Promising a life That won't materialize And now it's time to reconceptualize ourselves To become free from sinking deeper in this swamp With every choice and force misleading us straight down We have to crawl away from falling into Hell Stop the madness End the chaos Kill the monster While there's still time Clawing, clamoring You seek refuge in these fragile times Take a bite of sweet release And worship at the capsule shrine Spinning, spinning, I'm trying to understand it Dizzy, I'm dizzy, I'm navigating in murky water Pills to keep control Drugs to cure us all A need to fit the mold But disregard the soul Attempts to fill the void Of everything inside Promising a life That won't materialize Pills to keep control Drugs to cure us all A need to fit the mold But disregard the soul Attempts to fill the void Of everything inside of me

A man, reaching with his hands, wants to understand The way that everything fits into a plan Striving all the time, fighting just to find His own perfection even if it takes a life Feeling so assured, arrogant, and pure, That he never even questions what he sees Trusting just his eyes, ignoring all the signs That his experiment’s gone terribly awry Science and a pride that masterfully collide, Devouring all the beauty in the mind Pushing all the time, and never satisfied, A constant high to make us feel alive A man, lying in his bed, painfully aware That there’s a darkness creeping in behind his eyes Wanting only peace, cannot get release, Becomes a victim of the “greater good” and greed Dying just to die, and rise into the sky, He only stares into the bright lights, and he cries In living one more day, no dignity remains He’s left to wonder if technology’s to blame Science and a pride that masterfully collide, Devouring all the beauty in the mind Pushing all the time, and never satisfied, A constant high to make us feel alive What would it take to end it all? What happens when we lose control? What would it take to start again? What happens when we lose our way? He flew too high He touched the sky With melted wings He fell to shame Science and a pride that masterfully collide, Devouring all the beauty in the mind Pushing all the time, and never satisfied, A constant high to make us feel alive

Slay the trees and maim the pieces Flame the grasslands, stake your claim and Fill the empty space with things that Suffocate the world around it Build colossus, tow'ring above us Shrink the sky to stay in business Stab the Mother, pray to Father Everything will work out in the end Wait till I stop breathing, wait till I lose hope Watch the world around me crumble and implode Wait till I stop breathing, wait till I lose hope Watch the world around me crumble and implode Man wanting it all Owning the soil Claiming the goal Take no prisoners Man wanting it all Owning the soil Claiming the goal Swallowing the world Construction to thrive and destruction to die Construction to win and destruction to fail Construction to grow and destruction to kill everything The choices we make The risk that we take The balance we break-- What is the consequence? Wait till I stop breathing, wait till I lose hope Watch the world around me crumble and implode Wait till I stop breathing, wait till I lose hope Watch the world around me crumble and implode Man wanting it all Owning the soil Claiming the goal Take no prisoners Man wanting it all Owning the soil Claiming the goal Swallowing the world

I wanted to know what you dream about I wanted to know what you think about Describe it, inside it, what’s in your artificial mind I wanted to see how you feel about I wanted to see how you care about The world that’s around it, around your simulated self I had to endure your “intelligence” Created by human indifference Just mimic, just try it, attempt to replicate my mind I had to withstand your true ignorance Of everything not in your database Forget it, stop trying, you cannot understand the soul Human emotions that you can’t imagine Human existence that you just can’t fathom Stay grounded in reality, understand humanity, Avoid the evil chance to be mastered by machines and made a slave Now everything’s changed and I’m scared about Now everyone’s changed and I’m fearful of The purpose, the meaning, the reason that we’re still alive It’s getting too hard to feel free around Becoming too much to be true around These changes, these places, these things we struggle to believe One reason to live, but it dissipates One reason to thrive, it evaporates Is human cognition the line between man and machine? The tension is killing my sanity The pleasure is mounting, I’m screaming out Why fight it, why stop it, why not transcend humanity? These are emotions I couldn’t imagine This is existence I couldn’t have fathomed Embrace this new reality, understand machinery, Think how good it feels to be freed beyond this meager, mortal brain

This is it, at the end of the world, start again now In this forsaken wasteland In this forsaken frozen life Is there a way beyond it? In this disturbed condition In this disturbed state of despair Is there a way to cure it? In this surmounting tension In this surmounting hate and fear How to release the pressure? In this dystopian prison In this dystopian cage of hell How to avoid containment? I bleed to feel alive, pulsing in the veins Seeing only red covering the hands Dream to kill the dark nightmares in the mind Memories remain, haunting to describe Scream to drown the noise, suffocate the sound Silence all the fear, keep the voices out Breathe to find some peace, calm the shaken nerves Chaos feels intense, the other side of death Empty faces long for any sense of hope Feeling so alone, wanting more Mindless people die for lives within a dream Reasons far beneath consciousness Life extinguished vapid and desolate beliefs Numb to everything, ignorant Darkness deepens, creeps and slithers all around Doesn’t make a sound, silent death Empty faces long for any sense of hope Feeling so alone, wanting more Mindless people die for lives within a dream Reasons far beneath consciousness Life extinguished vapid and desolate beliefs Numb to everything, ignorant Darkness deepens, creeps and slithers all around Doesn’t make a sound, silent death Standing in this dark abyss, wond’ring what’s amiss Longing to escape, feeling only pain Desperate to regain some stability Fighting to survive, somehow find the light I bleed to feel alive, pulsing in the veins Seeing only red covering the hands Dream to kill the dark nightmares in the mind Memories remain, haunting to describe Scream to drown the noise, suffocate the sound Silence all the fear, keep the voices out Breathe to find some peace, calm the shaken nerves chaos feels intense, the other side of death Dystopia Dystopia I bleed to feel alive, pulsing in the veins Seeing only red covering the hands Dream to kill the dark nightmares in the mind Memories remain, haunting to describe Scream to drown the noise, suffocate the sound Silence all the fear, keep the voices out Breathe to find some peace, calm the shaken nerves chaos feels intense, the other side of death In this forsaken wasteland In this forsaken frozen life Is there a way beyond it? In this disturbed condition In this disturbed state of despair Is there a way to cure it? In this surmounting tension In this surmounting hate and fear How to release the pressure? In this dystopian prison In this dystopian cage of hell How to avoid containment?

Well I’m trying to see everything Everything that brought us to this place ‘Cause I’m finding it’s hard to feel Feel at home inside this sterile shell Looking out into a brave new world A world beyond the one I’ve known I know I’m breathing but not the same The same as when we felt the rain The starlight bleeds for all our pain ‘Cause no one else will take the blame The starlight blinds us from our shame There’s nothing left to take away All I see is our world in flames Ablaze with devastating suffering It’s a feeling that can’t escape But, in vain, forever stays awake Thinking backward only brings a fear A fear that danger followed us here To move forward I must believe Believe that we can start again The starlight bleeds for all our pain ‘Cause no one else will take the blame The starlight blinds us from our shame There’s nothing left to take away Here inside this new cocoon, displaced from Everything we knew and loved, so tragic Somehow forget the old existence Focus on the here and now, move past it Stars, they must become our home, embrace it Try to find some comfort in these changes Hope remains the only thing to strive for See a life beyond the Earth, and live it now The starlight bleeds for all our pain ‘Cause no one else will take the blame The starlight blinds us from our shame There’s nothing left to take away

Killing our mortality Altering our history Killing our mortality Shaming our society Killing our mortality Changing what it means to “be” Killing our mortality Blazing trails of suffering In a future yet unknown: Diseases and old age are cured Population stabilized at 40 million souls Sanitized and in control Poverty and wars are gone Everything appears to be in perfect harmony But there’s a man with head in hands Sitting in the lobby chair Hoping that his triplets can survive in this cruel world He must find three volunteers To end their lives by suicide Giving him a chance to watch his children become men Killing our mortality Altering our history Killing our mortality Shaming our society Killing our mortality Changing what it means to “be” Killing our mortality Blazing trails of suffering There will come a day when false perfection fades There will come a time to honor human life Find a way, let the world return to normalcy once more There’s a mural on the wall, Painted by a jaded man, Mocking the perfection claimed in this society There’s a doctor in the frame, A zealous man who touts his fame, And thinks he’s God for helping those who think it’s time to die Don’t you want to live? We can make you smile Don’t you want to live? It’s the perfect life Don’t you want to die? Do it for the youth Don’t you want to die? Choose suicide Killing our mortality Altering our history Killing our mortality Shaming our society Killing our mortality Changing what it means to “be” Killing our mortality Blazing trails of suffering There will come a day when false perfection fades There will come a time to honor human life Find a way, let the world return to normalcy once more [The father and the doctor] Expectant Father: “I want those kids, Dr. Hitz. I want all three of them.” Dr. Hitz: “Of course you do. That’s only human.” Expectant Father: “I refuse to watch my children die for the ‘greater good.’” Dr. Hitz: “But we cannot go back to how things were--you know--” (3 gunshots ring out - the expectant father kills the doctor, an assistant, then himself) [The painter and FBT] Painter: “Three people dead, just like that...This kind of a mess is a hell of a lot more fitting for the world than this damn mural is.” (A phone dials) FBT: “Federal Bureau of Termination, how may I help you?” Painter: “How soon can I get an appointment? Gas me already.” FBT: “This afternoon, in fact. Sir, on behalf of everyone at the municipal gas chambers, we thank you for volunteering.” (Hang up) There will come a day when false perfection fades There will come a time to honor human life And help humanity to hold onto our hearts And save society from selling our own souls Find a way, let the world return to normalcy once more This world is bleeding with anger This world is teeming with danger This world is crying for laughter This world is dying for pleasure What will be, what won’t be? What will change, what remains? What will be, what won’t be? What will change, what remains?

Imagine a way the perfect picture might entrance the eyes and melt the soul Desire to illustrate the beauty of life, the mystery of love Replace reality with idealistic things Envision the goal of art achieving life, become more than expected to be Remove the curtain, see the world inside: obsession and greed Sheltered from the side effects of arrogant beliefs The artist, embracing; the passion, creating The artist, depriving the woman of feeling The artist, obsessing; the portrait is living The artist, ignoring; the woman is dying Love becomes art instead Stabbed with each stroke upon the canvas It's murder, fueled by misplaced confidence She crumbles to a pale, white skeleton As her own image thrives Art becomes life instead If this is the path that man believes is true, to follow what his dreams should be Destroying everything that keeps him from his self-righteous ways Believing only what his ego wants to see Create a new life, and sacrifice a soul: The paradox is written clear Devoid of common sense, yet sensing how the damage takes a toll Inflicting pain just to aggrandize his own fame The artist, embracing; the passion, creating The artist, depriving the woman of feeling The artist, obsessing; the portrait is living The artist, ignoring; the woman is dying Life becomes pain instead Stabbed with each stroke upon the canvas It’s murder, fueled by misplaced confidence She crumbles to a pale, white skeleton As her own image thrives Pain becomes death instead Art is born, life is killed, soul transformed, portrait filled Art is born, life is killed, soul transformed, portrait filled Stabbed with each stroke upon the canvas It’s murder, fueled by misplaced confidence She crumbles to a pale, white skeleton As her own image thrives Death becomes shame instead The artist, embracing; the passion, creating The artist, depriving the woman of feeling The artist, obsessing; the portrait is living The artist, ignoring; the woman is dying Shame becomes hate instead

Frantic again, why aren’t you sleeping? Mind is awake, destroying comfort Anxious, afraid, it’s nervous tension Don’t be ashamed, just take control now Frantic, manic, panicked Nothing’s the same in this new normal Claim what it is and face the demons Deal with the change, don’t play the victim Fight through the pain, it makes you stronger Reeling, flailing, speeding Constantly moving, unsettled and restless Panicked and manic, tumultuous mindset Frantic again, why aren’t you thinking? Slow down the brain, regain your focus Give up the urge, gratification Seek out instead, a calming presence Frantic, manic, panicked Try to regain a sense of freedom Break from the chains of all this pressure Torn in between, the mind is splintered How to proceed; who is your master? Reeling, flailing, speeding Constantly moving, unsettled and restless Panicked and manic, tumultuous mindset Reeling and flailing, we’re speeding to something We can’t comprehend that engulfs our attention The mind ignores the truth around us The mind reveals its own confusion The mind collides with expectations The mind implodes while under pressure Chemistry, psychology Shifting with society Worlds away from inner peace How to find tranquility? Constantly moving, unsettled and restless Panicked and manic, tumultuous mindset Reeling and flailing, we’re speeding to something We can’t comprehend that engulfs our attention

In this life, we seek the truth of what it means to thrive, And to exist within a world unkind, A place where everything is cloaked in lies, shielding reality In this life, we strive to understand the reasons why, Why people die for so-called “honor, pride,” A false belief that’s truly guided by hatred and cruelty In this life, we learn to validate our own designs, Our own perceptions of the world we see, Without considering the damaging cost to humanity Untitled journey driven on by fear of those unlike us, A vicious reason for the hate that permeates our mindsets, Untitled journey pushed along by terrorism’s finest, A scathing reason for the suffering around the world State of fear: afraid of standing strong State of lies: conceal the real dilemmas State of hate: despise the good inside us State of death: kill those who disagree Terror breathes inside our nervous conversations Terror grows beyond the problems of religion Terror lives within the minds of evil villains Terror reigns above the innocent and peaceful There’s propaganda to pacify With what the media says is fine Untitled journey: When will it end? Follow the masses, they’re always right The lemmings cliff-dive to stay in line Untitled journey: When will it end? Religious doctrine to sanctify The death of many innocent lives Untitled journey: When will it end? Radical values to weaponize The people protesting violent crimes Untitled journey: When will it end? In this life, we seek the truth of what it means to thrive, And to exist within a world unkind, A place where everything is cloaked in lies, shielding reality In this life, we strive to understand the reasons why, Why people die for so-called “honor, pride,” A false belief that’s truly guided by hatred and cruelty In this life, we learn to validate our own designs, Our own perceptions of the world we see, Without considering the damaging cost to humanity Untitled journey driven on by fear of those unlike us, A vicious reason for the hate that permeates our mindsets, Untitled journey pushed along by terrorism’s finest, A scathing reason for the suffering around the world The road we travel down is fear A new existence we can feel The terror occupies our minds No destination is in sight The pain and suffering that grows Is slowly eating at our souls The terror tormenting the world Has stripped the solace from us all Untitled journey leading into a dark existence Where living feels like dying, without a chance to save us Untitled journey guiding into a barren wasteland Devoid of all that’s sacred, with nothing left to strive for Untitled journey leading into a dark existence Where living feels like dying, without a chance to save us Untitled journey guiding into a barren wasteland Devoid of all that’s sacred, with nothing left to strive for