What choice did we have?
We learned to walk in the straightest of lines.
What choice did we have?
Led by the weak, coerced, then abandoned.
The enemy is in our culture, of this cage of our own making;
are our choices made for us, by structures unseen? Are we in any sense truly free?
Do we cease past discretion and direct positive aggression?
Do we reject idealistic vision as childish derision?
What choice do we have?
We learned to walk in the straightest of lines.
What choice do we have?
Led by the weak, coerced, then abandoned.
We either let ourselves go,
embrace ignorance and claim we didn't know,
what kind of life is that?
(because) the bottom line is,
we have a choice to make:
it's simply binary - sink or swim.
Lose passion and momentum, or jump off that cliff?
It'll hurt, but the pain will be worth it.
Every breath will be worth it.
credits
from Meanwhile, In Hell...,
track released January 9, 2012
All songs written and recorded by Meanwhile, In Hell... in late 2011.
Production/Recording/Mixing/Mastering by Luke "Shreddar" Green @ Green Studios.
All Artwork & Visual Production by Stef Roselli.
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