If I said

Oh, if I said enough is enough

The world would still keep turning, and people would continue to quit learning

Sure, we all learn everyday

Just so in the future we’ll have a typical job to pay

For a place to sleep, food to eat, and children to play

But what we don’t learn is, why we try to earn this

What we don’t know, is that there’s other ways to go

And if it’s one-way or the highway, I’ll take the lonely road

Because I’ll find my purpose, the meaning of this beautiful life

Because beauty can be damaged without being noticed if you let it

In a place where everyone is under the same genre

Sacrifices taken, moments shaken, loved-ones misunderstood

But you know that they mean good

If they could think for themselves, if we all took three minutes a day

If we used our own minds, washed away the media, we would see in full color

Rather than this sepia

And I know I sound crazy, but just maybe our world’s a little sick

Our economy is awful, and we act like it’s not

Strange things happening, don’t tell me it’s impossible for one thing to be a plot

They say everything’s fine, the right ones will get out alive, but who’s to choose?

Shh, darling whisper, don’t let them hear you

Or we may soon be gone

And watch what you write, for they may visit you in the night

Dark and threatening, fearing for your life

Don’t let go of you, and don’t forget what founded you

Don’t, please please, don’t, let them take you away from today

They’ll promise you a glimpse of tomorrow

But then you’ll only receive a future filled with sorrow

Beautiful angel, wake-up today, so you can sleep safely tonight

Hold onto your grasp of reality tight

And never end a war

Without putting up your best fight

For what’s right.