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Hypnotized
07:25
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Despondent with a blank stare
I wave my hand but no one's there
Rendered catatonic by
The noise that's used to fill the mind
A droning litany
To ease the pass of time
No more need to be
Alone with what's inside
Echo chambers reinforce
A now long silent source
Fills the void created when
There's no self-reflection
A droning litany
To ease the pass of time
No more need to be
Alone with one's own mind
Pain no more
Never have to fear encroaching idle bore
Fill the emptiness with distraction
Head down and focused on the meaningless
Why fix something that doesn't need redress?
What harm is there creating diversion?
What consequence if introspection
Dies?
We're hypnotized
Drowning in the noise
There is no defense against suggestive voice
Mental muscle won't obey
When it's withered up and atrophied away
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Bliss
05:01
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Start the day with a clean slate
Things are looking fine, so far so good
One hundred percent and no debate
Equilibrium remains as it should
Then a nagging burr will enter in
Challenging the constant state
Forcing confrontation of painful truth
Or head in the sand and I'm feeling great
Cruising along and feeling fine
Focused on things that perpetuate
Cheerfully toeing the line
Single-mindedly desperate
Then a nagging burr will enter in
Challenging the constant state
Forcing confrontation of painful truth
Or head in the sand and I'm feeling great
How can the human mind be so incongruous
And turn the truth into a lie?
When ignorance is bliss we gravitate to it
And shun the things that don't comply
Giving a shit takes energy
And all it does is agitate
You have the tools to be free
With your head in the sand, you're feeling great
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Algorithm
07:48
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Does it know?
Can it see inside the recess of the mind?
Can it readily predict
All the varied nuance combined?
Does it feel?
Or do equations only replicate the chance
That specific things will come to pass
By guessing in advance?
Where is the line?
What is the sign?
Threshold has been crossed
Control has been lost
Will it seek
To eliminate the source of all the pain?
Will it smooth out inconsistencies
Until only compliance remains?
Will it find
Abhorrence in the randomness of life?
Will it then try to eradicate
That which causes strife?
Where is the line?
What is the sign?
Threshold has been crossed
Control lost
A way to be
Free
Destroy
We have
A decision point
But only
For a limited time
Technological
Singularity
Approaches
Can we say
That we made
A mistake
And retake
Take back
Our fate
Don't let
Our future
Be decided
By an algorithm
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Fall
07:08
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Warmth starts to fade
Summer's last embrace
Inherent beauty in
The changing
A cycle that repeats
Without breaking
Retraction of the flow
Reveals the vibrance underneath
And the myriad starts to show
In all its great diversity
Temporary tableau
Fleeting beauty is shown
But the thing that reveals the color
Also causes release and the fall
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Declawed
03:32
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Afterimage
08:55
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Moments, frozen in my mind like a photograph
Of time
Captured, remembered when needed and bringing warmth
Inside
Cherish the time
Live it while it's here
Don't let it slip
Away and disappear
Crystallized and turned into something that can be tangible
Always
Carry it, let it be a guide when there's no clear path
To take
Cherish the time
Live it while it's here
Don't let it slip
Away and disappear
Keep it in your sight
With an unblinking stare
Form an afterimage
When looking elsewhere
These wondrous things that you hold inside
They help to form the inner fabric of the mind
Keep them safe, don't let them fade away
They will be only memories someday
And if you hold your eyes on the light
It will form an afterimage in your sight
And when you must look elsewhere
The image will be superimposed there
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Madness and Civilization Bloomington, Illinois
Madness and Civilization is an American rock band from Bloomington, Illinois. Their music combines elements of alternative rock, post rock, and heavy metal.
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