Through the rhythm of darkened time Painted black by knowledge crimes And repetitions pointless mine Instilling values the sick define That weaves the fabric that keeps you blind And ties your hands and cloaks your mind But on my stilts I'm above slime Come on up if you can make the climb but whoever
I've smelt the stench from the fumes that rise From the books that rehash the same old lies I felt the panic that they disguise In the forms of laws of every size I've heard the teachers whine and make you drop off like flies But you know they're teaching nonsense, 'cause they catch you on your eyes I have seen the fool's gold they pawn off as their prize To the average standard the norm supplies but whenever
You gobble all the blessings they tossed you to digest They may be hard to swallow, but they keep your tongue depressed Your scattered whims were born depressed So when something slams your chest You flutter about your sleep distressed And then you stop to ease your breast A scattered rim leaves you obsessed While solid thoughts are soon suppressed But where are you?