PARALYTIC

"lights and sounds"

you just do it to yourself

innocence, disconnected
will you ever know who you are?
caught in a maze, full of flashing lights
ego trips and dollar signs

submit yourself, to the sound
of a youthful choir going down
to the depths of all they know


it's becoming who you are, never real, torn apart
chase the ideal image, to find no comfort there


chemicals release, endorphins grow
weightlessness, unconsciousness
fever hits, "please, end this trip"
face first, hit the floor
you don't like this anymore
paralytic
everything's a blur
someone's dragging you through the door
lights
sounds
lights
sounds
there's no mistaking what's taken place
something so simple, pushed too far
but it's becoming all we are
an endless sea of wasted youth
too fucking scared to see the truth
what will it take for you to see the truth?