We Built This Pity

Meditation by medication Life injected to my cells Metallic eyes see everywhere From the cortex of this nation This soil is not like planet home Laymen are the weapons in this carnage Don't regret, don't look back There's nowhere to hide The future is wiped clean If it ever truly existed Within a push of a button to an emerging blue screen Sway the cradle of apocalypse We're mesmerized by machines to keep our eyes on the TV And the price for being able to live is the reality This soil is not like planet home Laymen are the weapons in this carnage Don't regret, don't look back There's nowhere to hide The future is wiped clean If it ever truly existed Within a push of a button to an emerging blue screen Sway the cradle of apocalypse We're mesmerized by machines to keep our eyes on the TV And the price for being able to live is the reality The lights go out The voices come Swarming machines Initiate the broadcast Close your eyes and stay put Because there's nowhere to hide Say what you want to say but only to yourself In a world where actions speak no louder than words Scrape your head to a brick And break the microchip