I am not a dead man,
At least, I'm not quite yet;
My heart pumps loud,
My feelings proud,
And there's feelings I must vent.
Living life in silence,
While screaming every word,
In many ways my life takes both,
To contradict the world.
Rebels in the underbrush,
Conformists on the streets;
I'm sorry to disturb your norm,
But the rebels are elites;
Conforming kills the mindless soul,
To fight off human urge;
Your deities have said nothing,
Your logic, left to purge:
The voiceless and the insecure,
They don't need you to live.
When they look to you they see,
Someone they can ask to give;
To pass to them, all fruitless foods,
And currency, thanks Lord.
To pass up chances, passions prod,
No thanks, I'll stay here, bored.
The apathetic structures,
Of a planet driven mad,
Tells us that I'm not a dead man,
But that how I live, is bad.
They tell me,
'Buy more boots, more guns!
Leave all this to your sons,'
Appreciation, driven deep,
To make us think were one,
With the glass-tiled towers,
Of Wall Street and New York,
To bring to you, your children,
Singing songs of straddled stork.
Judgment day is everyday,
In streets filled with the 'fresh;'
New Converse, cars, iPod's, and phones,
Who needs designer mesh?
For now, I repeat the rebels words,
To advertise the real;
I am not a dead man yet,
And to you, I will not keel.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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The world is meaningless,
there is no God or gods, there are no morals, the universe is not moving inexorably towards any higher purpose.
All meaning is man-made, so make your own, and make it well.
Do not treat life as a way to pass the time until you die.
Do not try to "find yourself", you must make yourself.
Choose what you want to find meaningful and live, create, love, hate, cry, destroy, fight and die for it.
Do not let your life and your values and your actions slip easily into any mold, other that that which you create for yourself, and say with conviction, "This is who I make myself".
Do not give in to hope.
Remember that nothing you do has any significance beyond that with which you imbue it.
Whatever you do, do it for its own sake.
When the universe looks on with indifference, laugh, and shout back, "Fuck You!".
Rembember that to fight meaninglessness is futile, but fight anyway, in spite of and because of its futility.
The world may be empty of meaning, but it is a blank canvas on which to paint meanings of your own.
Live deliberately. You are free.
All meaning is man-made, so make your own, and make it well.
Do not treat life as a way to pass the time until you die.
Do not try to "find yourself", you must make yourself.
Choose what you want to find meaningful and live, create, love, hate, cry, destroy, fight and die for it.
Do not let your life and your values and your actions slip easily into any mold, other that that which you create for yourself, and say with conviction, "This is who I make myself".
Do not give in to hope.
Remember that nothing you do has any significance beyond that with which you imbue it.
Whatever you do, do it for its own sake.
When the universe looks on with indifference, laugh, and shout back, "Fuck You!".
Rembember that to fight meaninglessness is futile, but fight anyway, in spite of and because of its futility.
The world may be empty of meaning, but it is a blank canvas on which to paint meanings of your own.
Live deliberately. You are free.
I love it, absolutely love it. Great rhythm especially!
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