A Should with a Must - As A Conceit

We were raised, we were raised in an era

In which the freedom of will is a chimera

You think you’re exercising your self determination

But you’re putting yourself in line for the self-extermination

You think yourself as free

But by the time you’re not

Cause everything was long since planned

Our lives are part of the plot, oh

You see the media and this social frenzy

The more you pretend to care the more you’re becoming selfish

They put ourselves in a position, we no longer reach for

We’re unaware but we’re controlled in every single feature

They tried to teach us

They tried to mold us, for ages

But now the books they forced us to read

Are all made of blank pages

We’ve misplaced this sense of fright

But we’re the fire that still burns at night

With one bad apple the whole bunch is spoiled

Let’s burn this midnight oil

We’ve misplaced this sense of fright

But we’re the fire that still burns at night

With one bad apple the whole bunch is spoiled

Let’s burn this midnight oil

You think yourself as free

But you can’t tell who’s to trust

And as soon as you realize it

It hits you right in the guts

We’ve misplaced this sense of fright

But it’s the blind now that’s leading the blind

Who’s to trust, what’s to trust

It’s a should with a must

First we’re spoonfed, then it’s shoved down our throat

And we end up thinking we came up with everything on our own

On our own

The biggest lie we’ve ever been told

We’ve misplaced this sense of fright

But we’re the fire that still burns at night

With one bad apple the whole bunch is spoiled

Let’s burn this midnight oil

We’ve misplaced this sense of fright

But we’re the fire that still burns at night

With one bad apple the whole bunch is spoiled

Let’s burn this midnight oil