In The Subways Of Surrender
Are we just giving up our freedom
Surrendering to the social shame structure
And voices of hysteria
Are we being led like forgotten things
Into the graveyards of our cowardice
Are we allowing liberty to be stolen
As easy as a pickpocket in the subways of surrender
With every step further into the abyss
The light gets harder to see
Until darkness becomes home
And the creature you’ve become
A hyena without dreams
Burning down the avenues
Of what any of it means.
Are we just giving up our freedom
To a ploy that doesn’t make much sense
In a world of dust and lies
Of what value is competence?
At what point will you say no more
In another lockdown
Destroy every door?
Or cave to the pressure
A bug on the floor.
Surrendering to the social shame structure
And voices of hysteria
Are we being led like forgotten things
Into the graveyards of our cowardice
Are we allowing liberty to be stolen
As easy as a pickpocket in the subways of surrender
With every step further into the abyss
The light gets harder to see
Until darkness becomes home
And the creature you’ve become
A hyena without dreams
Burning down the avenues
Of what any of it means.
Are we just giving up our freedom
To a ploy that doesn’t make much sense
In a world of dust and lies
Of what value is competence?
At what point will you say no more
In another lockdown
Destroy every door?
Or cave to the pressure
A bug on the floor.