Streetlight Manifesto Sentence Starters
āCan you hear them call?ā
āWill we ever make it through?ā
āNo one will save you now.ā
āWe can only look away.ā
āWeāll not be victims thereāll be no victims of to speak.ā
āAnd when we fall we will fall together.ā
āNo one will catch us so weāll catch ourselves.ā
āAnd where we roam we will roam forever.ā
āNo one will understand what we meant.ā
āOh what a glorious day weāll have rising up and claiming all our dues.ā
āAll of those that self-imposed will find themselves so indisposed.ā
āYou need to tell us where to stand.ā
āNow tell me what weāre all supposed to do?ā
āTheyāre coming after all of us with everything theyāve got.ā
āSo how will we fight?ā
āAll we have is logic and love on our side.ā
āWould you be upset if I told you we were dying?ā
āAnd who will take the credit for our swift impending fall?ā
āWould you be impressed if I said that the dead would help us counting every single moment that we waste our time?ā
āI just get dizzy when I think of all the ways we try to hide our maladies.ā
āWe wine, we dine, and everything is fine.ā
āNow youāre upset because you finally got the notion.
āThat everything you had is spinning down the drain.
āOh! Do you mean it when you beg and pray and plead?ā
"Giveittomegiveittomegiveittomegiveittome all those things we needā
āWill you whimper when your number will be called?ā
āItās not my fault!ā
āGo! Now! The others theyāll await you.ā
āEvery single one among the lot of you will have your turn.ā
āNot me! Take anybody else!ā
āI had a dream last night where everyone was trying, subconsciously I knew it was a lie.ā
āItās too late to leave this life behind.ā
āAnd itās not my choice but I embrace it nonetheless.ā
āYou brag of your indecency like a monkey beats its chest.ā
āI donāt care who you are or what youāve done.ā
āEverybody equals out when all the songs are sung.ā
āWe will sing them loud and we will sing them until we pass.ā
āYouāre shattering our innocence like a bullet through a glass.ā
āSo hey: i donāt care if you go now or if you stay.ā
āOh your back is bleeding, youāre bleeding on me.ā
āThatāll be the day when the sun falls down.ā
āThe angels may weep but iāll hear no sounds.ā
āI wonāt stop singing when Iām dead.ā
āIāll sing from the great beyond, I will echo in your head.ā
āYouāve got something to learn, itās called humility.ā
āWhatās the point denying?ā
āWhen we all know we are lying to ourselves and you canāt keep that smile off your face.ā