INHUMANLY HUMAN

AXIAL FORCE IS PUSHING AND SHOVING ME
MOLDING AND SHAPING ME INTO SOMETHING I DON'T WANNA BE. 
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T WANT HIM TO,
HE MESSES UP MY LIFE
AND FROM HIM MY MISERY I DERIVE. 
SO WHAT IF I'M NOT A NINE TO FIVE?
WHAT THE FUCK IS IT TO YOU IF THAT'S HOW I STAY ALIVE?
YOU MAY CALL ME BAD,
BUT I'M PRETTY GOOD AT IT, ISN'T THAT SAD?
I GET UP WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN,
THEN I START TO LIVE, YET YOU JUST FROWN
ON MY CONTROVERSIAL LIFESTYLE,
BUT THUS I'VE LIVED, A LONG, EVER SO LONG WHILE…
I'M UNIQUE AND I MAY BE MANICLY DEPRESSED,
YET WHEN I GO OUT, THE WORLD I'LL HAVE IMPRESSED.

IS SUCH A TERRIBLE GOAL?

WHEN I MOVE ON, TO WHATEVER LIES BEYOND,
I'LL BE SATISFIED IF I'VE RAISED AWARENESS, EVEN IF JUST FOR A SECOND.
LOOK UP AND LOOK ON I SAY,
WHATEVER IS HERE NOW WILL ALL BE GONE SOMEDAY.
BUT SUCH IS HOW WE GO THROUGH TIME
OBLIVION, SAD AS IT MAY BE, CANNOT BE LABELED A CRIME…
WHEN WE FORGET WHAT WE MOST DEEPLY WANT,
WE WILL TRY TO CAPTURE IT, ONLY TO FIND OUT WE CAN'T…
ALAS, THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS ALWAYS GONE
AND THE WAY IT WILL FOREVER BE DONE.
WITH OUR FELLOWMEN AROUND US
STRIVING TO MAKE YOU LIVE A LIFE AS SUCH
OF THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED BEFORE YOU
STRAIGHT THEY BELIEVE THEIR PATHS TO BE, BUT THIS CANNOT BE TRUE.
THIS IS JUST THEIR ANCESTORAL HERITAGE,
BITS AND PIECES OF WHAT THEY LEARNED, STUCK TOGETHER LIKE A LIFE-COLLAGE.
AND SO IT IS, THAT WE ALL SEEM TO WANNA BE THE SAME AS EACH OTHER
BUT WE'RE ALL SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT, SO WHY BOTHER?
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN SURVIVE IS BY DOING THE BEST WE CAN,
INSTEAD OF PUSHING US ALL TO BE INHUMANLY HUMAN.


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