Clamp my perception, speak the sooth No misconception, encrust the truth Gather the same names we all know Make the same proclaims we don't oppose Behind the curtain, opinions Under the carpet, we counterfeit Outside the window, transgressions The light from out there is hypocrite Once you've found identity Within unity It's a fake clarity Once you'll hear the final answer You'll be sequestered In your echo chamber Pleasantly confined, we wonder Are the monsters gone, we take shelter Your thoughts, your tongue, your words, are sharp The light of our truth will provide a vision through our bias and warp Unfamiliar voices losing temper Interlopers whose eyes I see as blacked out Speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil, ever You walk on a line I don't want to find Hear me, see me, find me, cry No voice, no fear, no qualm, sight Once you've found identity Within unity It's a fake clarity Once you'll hear the final answer You'll be sequestered In your echo chamber Once you've found identity Within unity It's a fake clarity Once you'll hear the final answer You'll be sequestered In your echo chamber

He used to work at this small design studio downtown, It was called The Drill™, And he used to wake up at 6 in the morning, in order to get there at least 1 hour in advance. He hated having to interrupt his drawings when the evening came, And the very next day, he used to immediately get to work where he left off. He used to be very passionnate about his work, and it was never a chore for him. A bird escaped the coolness of fall As it was what it needed to fear But fall ended earlier this year And the bird got used to the cold A school of fish was told to beware For the whales were coming for them But when they came, they passed their way And the fishes were now aware Like all of his colleagues at that time, who also happened to be his friends, He got excited when they got to seal that deal. It was a big contract for some random company, That just had to say words like "success" and "recognition", In order to get him and his friends in their bag. He used to love working for them, Because it gave him the sensation that his art was actually meaningful. But then they began to get into the processes, and they began to change the objectives. They asked the common folk to pay attention to what was happening, And he forced himself to believe that this was the way it was meant to be, That this was what he always wanted. A bird escaped the coolness of fall As it was what it needed to fear But fall ended earlier this year And the bird got used to the cold A school of fish was told to beware For the whales were coming for them But when they came, they passed their way And the fishes were now aware In the end, nobody even knew what the Drill was, And for those who did, they didn't remember what it used to be Whatever that came out of it however was still appreciated Because they were told to like it, and they were told to want it. Everything was made and set up so that the people would have the means and the will to consume it But even though "recognition" and "success" is what he achieved, he still wasn't fulfilled And whenever his work was featured in some movie, or videogame, or whatever, The people would instantly make the connection (because they were told to do so) And he hated that, with all his being He didn't want to believe it, and went from mad, to frustrated, to sad But never made it to the end A bird escaped the coolness of fall As it was what it needed to fear But fall ended earlier this year And the bird got used to the cold A school of fish was told to beware For the whales were coming for them But when they came, they passed their way And the fishes were now aware (This is your desire, this is your heart)

Now If you ever again pass our way Then you'd better not try to stay We are of those who will make you sway The ones who'll never be the prey If we got it all so easily It must be because we are esteemed It's the only design that's been weaned Disdain to all with no decency All our deeds are part of our aims Our bodies have been kissed for our names Last. We are golden, we are blessed We are distinguished from the rest Now If you ever again pass our way Then you'd better not try to stay We are of those who will make you sway The ones who'll never be the prey If we got it all so easily It must be because we are esteemed It's the only design that's been weaned Disdain to all with no decency Slaves to a smaller wheel, you are Weave silk we can harvest, you must Greater purpose is placed on us How can you believe we're on par You do not seem so wise Next to what we express There's no tears in your eyes Can you feel nonetheless You have no volition Follow primary rules Transparent are your souls Vacant your ambition We, swimmers of the land Our actions are offhand We, walkers of the sea Destroying history Can one have so much pride Yet on this Earth so small We'd rather wear blindfolds Than walking by your side We'd have to lose our wits before we recognize Now If you ever again pass my way Then you'd better not try to stay I'm one of those who'll make you sway The ones who'll never be the prey If we got it all so easily It must be because we are esteemed It's the only design that's been weaned Disdain to all with no decency Destruction we bring to ourselves

[I. Awoken] Awoken in the haze Still looking for a light That no one seems to find Or no one seems to care Surely you thought this through Before you got so small I see nothing in you But are you there at all? Why does it look like you do not hear what I say? I swear I saw you then, trying to find your way It's like you lost all the fire that was burning inside But somehow the spark still remains I'm still the one who makes things up, still the one who builds it all Yet every teeny tiny little piece of you is still shouting - - nonsense And I hear no longer I wish my mind wasn't blooming this much But don't take it away from me Show me A single thread of thoughts Something that proves you're alive and breathing And don't take it away from me [II. Keep on searching] Here I stand waiting for the time Wondering if it rains I tried to show you, your deeds are in chains You did not gave me back the signs The face of my awareness is wearing a mask The mask you forgot existed But if I was to take it off, would you be up to the task Or would I become, like you, blank and rusted? I will keep on searching Till truth is at its apogee Figuring as days fly, facing everything At the end of the road you will see Senses They help me understand my way Unveiling deceptions, recognizing fences At the end of the road you'll decay Limbo is a state of mind It's not meant to be seen I've never met anyone in this vacuum of heed I'm not ready to be unconfined Endless escalator All the way up to hell A transparent cage from a fictional dictator Trying to break you to no avail I will keep on searching Till truth is at its apogee Figuring as days fly, facing everything At the end of the road you will see Senses They help me understand my way Unveiling deceptions, recognizing fences At the end of the road you'll decay [III. Rampage] Mindless conundrum Wrapped in nothingness Living redundant Absent willingness Embodied abyss Hypnotized by bliss Break free of your cage Speak up and rampage [IV. One of many] Will I ever find my way Out of the ocean of my mind With not a single soul to find For miles and miles away I've always known the theory But I'm still my worst adviser Should I give you a lecture Or should I get down on my knee You offer me your hand I look into your words They're deeper than I judged I start to understand When I look in your eyes it seems you hear what I say I knew I saw you then, trying to find your way In fact you never lost the fire that was burning inside If anything the spark still remains I'm not the one who makes things up, I'm not the one who builds it all My eyes were shut but now I see that I'm in fact one of many We all think about the things we know And we think about the things we said But we never see each other's souls Nor we ever see each other's heads So next time you think about our world Never should you forget that we are whole Even if it seems your thoughts are alone Remember, remember that alive we are all So next time you try to see too quick Consider all that we have been through And all this time what we just had to do Was getting up from our chair, walk up to each other, and speak