Life At Disconnect

Had they been the ones dying under the cooking sun Picking through the dust, scratching at the barren earth Had it been their insides spilling into the sand They'd see on cracking land their spirit cannot triumph Take a breath Sit back and relax Enjoy your moment of peace You'll soon be back in the middle Prepare for this one To make you flinch in disbelief When you catch a glimpse of those Just following the paths that got us to where we are Who are these human shadows With still-beating hearts? Scratching at the door to our paradise Who are these humans? So this is paradise Beyond the distance hands of the world Here we all think that we don't belong But still bow our heads to our emperors Is this all there is? Maybe we really have nothing to say Maybe we truly are just shallow and lame And we're all just waiting for the end The spectacle or some kind of catastrophe To bring us back to earth To stun our ever-nodding heads To introduce us once again To the one incorruptible As she flushes us from our veins Kills us to live again In case you wonder, I'm not trying to be cynical I know how you feel if your life's at disconnect In case you wonder what the fuck's wrong with me If it all makes sense, you're the furthest fucking gone They've got badges that they cover with their hands while they're Bashing your fucking head They've got graveyards that they'll fill with that head If you start getting anywhere I won't pretend that we're on the winning end But when did that matter before anyway?