First they promised us belonging Afterwards they clarified that they meant You belong to us
They say You can run but you can’t hide Which is why the One Ring With its power of invisibility Is so seductive
The buzz you’re suddenly hearing Is the dawning recognition That buzzwords aren’t magic after… And that the real magic words Aren’t just older than time
I thought the Protestant work eth… I saw all the lazy rivers in peopl… until I noticed they were each swi… against the current
Writing history is hard especially when it’s about the past
Inevitably my spirit vegetable was rutabaga
The best way to control somebody Is to divide the mind from the bod… Because the body is where the soul…
All dressed down with nowhere to go
You will have noticed by now That the phrase Public humiliation Is redundant
A la recherche du temps perdu has been variously translated as A Remembrance of Things Past and In Search of Lost Time
Given the current nostalgia for shared reality we shouldn’t forget that peak shared reality was mutually assured destruction
The usual cruelty Is having multiple children And enforcing a hierarchy In order to keep the peace Unusual cruelty
The truth will set you free but consensus will get you academi… i.e., tenure
The opposite of a gun to my head Is a claim on my heart And, claim on my heart I’d say The truth will get you
Your search for a vein is now done in vain under the soft tyranny of wireless narcotics in whose touchless embrace