Kill the Dream - Jerry Paper
Benny's waiting for
A new brain implant
His old one's working fine
He don't care if it's worth it
He just needs the new version
Benny's gotta make that money
So he can afford
To update the life
That he don't spend living
Too distracted searching for the new
The new the new
Ginger's got her nose
Stuck in a book
Hypnotized by symbols on a page
Imbued with meaning
Certainly means more
Than the life that she ignores
Replacing her thoughts
With authored thoughts
Living half a life
Through pulp and ink
It's imitation
She's been told it's
Education but it ain't life
Ain't life ain't life
It's living a fiction
In fear of raw life
The distractions they're mired
In are lies
Facsimile dream but
I've got a scheme to wake up
Oh I've got a scheme
To kill the dream
Jumbo Ron is pacing
Back and forth
He's worried that
He may have made
The wrong impression last night
On a date with a doggy from work
He's obsessing over
One small turn of phrase
He's not sure if it
Conforms to current standards
Of political correctness
As it changes day to day
To day to day
They're living a fiction in fear
Of raw life
The distractions they're mired
In are lies
Facsimile dream but
I've got a scheme to wake up
Oh I've got a scheme
To kill the dream
