Rule 1 (pink fit at 3am)
it was at that point in time
i realised how long i’d been asleep
as i awoke from that coma
that made me a fucking sheep
my empty world was full of things
i’ve paid for with my pride
i sold my soul complete and whole
and let my principles slide
Rule 2 (all things slide…)
i swapped my empty rumbling stomach
for a whole house full of goods
i traded my passion for a fleeting fashion
like all good consumers should
i traded my dirty tattered jeans
for a dose of 9 to 5
i persisted and i existed
but i was never really alive
Rule 3 (depressed yet alert)
i have become what i most despised
a fucking corporate puppet
i sold my soul my rock n roll
and became a fucking muppet
in this infinite loop of time
where all is what you see
where what you become is one; is numb
and all that is … will be
Rule 4 (this is what you want…..this is what you get)
i am a slave to the public image
i bend i bow i scrape
my choices slowly strangle me
and from that there’s no escape
the reality haunts me; the banality taunts me
the end is ever so close
is it want or need; desire or greed
and what do i need the most?
About the Creator
Brenton F
It's just a token of my extreme - Frank Zappa
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For me, freedom is the most important.