Lyrics
I watch
Observing
My generation going down in flames
Expressing concern about the downfall of their generation
Tell me why can't we change, why do we sit back
Questioning the lack of change and passive acceptance
We'll never have control over the lives that we have chosen
Feeling a lack of control over chosen life paths
As long as we remain blind
Emphasizing the impact of ignorance on control
To the truth laid out before us
Acknowledging an existing truth being ignored
A nation of media slaves
Describing society as controlled by media
Waiting for the latest trend
Noting the tendency to follow trends
Force fed the issues
Highlighting the imposition of specific issues
And the guilt free cause of the week
Commenting on a fleeting sense of responsibility
Hit form every side, what's beneath the surface
Facing challenges from all directions
So many lies
Pointing out the prevalence of deception
Beneath the surface
Reiterating the existence of hidden truths
So many lies
Repeating the prevalence of lies
Yet we remain ignorant to the truth
Noting the collective ignorance towards truth
And we become slaves
Highlighting becoming enslaved due to ignorance
To our inabilities
Being captive to personal limitations
What we do not know we ever bother to learn
Emphasizing the lack of curiosity and learning
So much to challenge
Recognizing numerous challenges to confront
But will we ever rise to the occasion
Raising the question of rising to challenges
And I watch my generation
Continuing to observe the generation's decline
Turn away and die
Expressing dismay at the turning away and decline
But I won't
Committing to resist the decline
I won't lay down my dreams
Determined not to abandon personal dreams
I won't go quietly
Asserting refusal to go silently into decline
I won't lay down my dreams
Reaffirming the commitment to personal dreams
I won't go quietly
Reiterating the refusal to go quietly
Down the path that they have chosen
Rejecting the societal path chosen by others
The path laid out for me
Asserting determination to follow an individual path
Won't give up my freedom
Refusing to surrender personal freedom
Won't lay down my dreams
Committing to hold onto personal dreams
Won't give up my freedom
Reiterating the refusal to give up personal freedom
I won't go quietly
Affirming the refusal to go quietly into societal expectations
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