Lyrically Sound

They told us to stand tall Showed the scars as proof of it all They told us what freedom will cost 'Cuz capitalism never forgets  What it lost

Joy is contagious. You smile. I smile. We smile together. Why are we smiling? I don't know.  But as long as you're happy, So am I. So please be contagious,  And look my way. 

Every hello has a goodbye  It's just a matter of when  Nothing is forever Family, friendship, nor love  It loses to time... ...distance... ...death... Even these bring new joys New welcomes New homes New life As I tell you goodbye I know the journey leads you To another hello

And I love you, who you are today 

Do all the paths lead to the same destination Leaving choice a fallacy and the tolls of life a predetermination Your teachings say we get no choice in this game played by gods  This pain, love, endures only to end up at gates, or not, isn't it odd My decisions today then would have no impact on tomorrow The mental anguish is then only a stake that is borrowed If all the paths are a slight variation of the same life  Does that mean I get no comeuppance when I cause others strife?  If free will doesn't exist Why hope for better when you didn't choose to do all this Don't burden yourself with hoping for a better life, you could have  It's all the same challenge, even if on a different path I fundamentally oppose that all has already been written My dreams, my hope, heart, will, must create roads unpaved and unfinished

How will we be complete Foraging forward in chaos Between the lost universes Finding hope when lost 

You got me touching on your body Making me want to leave this party Lead me this night, I shall follow  Making you sing till early morrow 

Love is not special It's not an exception It's for you to grow Water and cherish And bloom in the right spot  Of your life

Tell me what you need to feel What you want when you need to be real In your touch, your space, your mind  I will be your peace for you to find 

I find myself empty No hope, no light, no empathy A shell of what was once human Looking for that next purchase To feel something A drop of life  Taken from me through this screen From 40 hours in a cubicle  Consumption blood  Mail route veins  Needing a hit of what's new Thrown on a pile on the floor Trash, all of it  All of my identity Looking for an escape When there's none Hopelessness Despair The capitalist dream Is a dystopian nightmare

And forget the world sees you No matter what As subhuman Less than You’ll always know Always be reminded  Even if you in a Benz, You still a n*gga in a coupe Even if you on stage, You still a n*gga in a suit

In this sea our hope grows strong

Maybe I'm overthinking As I contemplate What is this path And where does it lead  Does it matter When you're alongside me

There are many paths to happiness  And none are correct  We often mistake our path as right  When for you, it is wrong The road often splits with switchbacks  And loose gravel, false trails  Sometimes the goal changes And the peak isn’t the summit You must decide whether to keep going  Or if this plateau has the best view No one knows the answer And you might eventually be wrong But another path shall open  And happiness will be yours to find

Like metamorphosis I finally emerged Shining like the light I have seen And from metamorphosis I have emerged Becoming more of who I wish to be