Fireworks

Opinion eyes

switching and moving
past post normal rules
affluent idiocy
swimming through importance

Language is weaponized
people get hurt
sticking the knife in
this is not social

setting in stonewalled
it breaks with the wind
religions are everywhere
science & sin

scapegoats & yellowcoats
snitch jacket bots
deep fakes annihilate
whats left of human reason

(chorus)

and the machine
decides
who is going to be alright this time

and the machine
maintains
so it all runs smoothly again

and the machine
directs
a movie you think you should look at

and i - i - i
have opened my eyes

x3

swimming 'gainst tide
current affairs
seek unholy liaisons
on transhumanist stairway

is it ascension to heaven
or a zeppelin to hell
flame war beef jerky
stew in guppies gills

observe the metronome
it times Foucaults pendulum
swing states grey matter
in boundaries extreme

the drum leader marches
at the front of this procession
all people are followers
and buttons are pressing

conceptual athletics
drive users to distraction
target moves overhead
high above jabber swarm

(chorus)

and the machine
decides
who is going to be alright this time

and the machine
maintains
so it all runs smoothly again

and the machine
directs
a movie you think you should look at

and i - i - i
have opened my eyes

x3

herded by cattleprod phones
used to feeling perpetually alone
hidden upgrades power fake defiance
a reliance on science
makes us think we're important
shadowbanned can't even know
cosmetic activist hides in the shadows
impotent bravery
is the new slavery

(chorus)

and the machine
decides
who is going to be alright this time

and the machine
maintains
so it all runs smoothly again

and the machine
directs
a movie you think you should look at

and i - i - i
have opened my eyes

x3

opinion eyes [to end]