Inherit The Wasteland

Expanding new horizons

the age of humanity is past

a sterile new environment

where emotion cannot last

a frail human weakness

that must be overcome

your wretched laugh and feeble tears

are now over and done

anesthetize the feelings

cauterize the mind

life's simple joy is a luxury

that they will never find

step into the light of day

we'll see to all your needs

give up to us your children

so we may sow the seeds

of a new and useless way of life

we call the status quo

we'll feed them lies of our new age

and off to work they'll go

to keep up peak production

we'll exploit their petty greed

if I work long and hard enough

then someday I'll succeed

but when your use has ended

and you've worked long and hard

you'll see yourself a wasted mess

and permanently scarred

I'll inherit the wasteland

a technological dream

that's draining my life's blood

I'm chained to the machine

sift through emotional wreckage

weed the weak out from the strong

with the dawning of our master race

how can we go wrong?

strong in body weak in mind

a total lack of thought

drones work an anti-septic hive

that our tax dollars bought

cleanliness and godliness

the lessons of the day

step out of line

and you'll find out the price you have to pay

technology will blossom

but soon it has to feed

consuming all your wasted lives

to satisfy it's need

the path you took was futile

because you were deceived

they told you, you were on your way

and that's what you believed

until one day you saw the gray

that had become your life

a rocky barren wasteland

of suffering, toil, and strife

they finally lost all use

for your spent mind and failing health

now when you see your children

it reminds you of yourself

when you traveled down that "golden road"

that ended up in ruin

they will all fall victim to the system

that consumes them.