Lucid
Awakening from the Lucid Nightmare: Unveiling Deception in Consciousness
Lyrics
Someone wake me up
Feeling the need to be awakened from a distorted dream or reality.
From this crooked dream
Desire to escape from a twisted or corrupted dream.
As I know it now
A current understanding of life that is not as it appears.
Life ain't what it seems
Expressing disillusionment, life not being what it appears to be.
Lost in this stream
Feeling lost in a confusing and unpredictable situation.
Life or dream
Blur between reality and dream in the stream of consciousness.
Request for release from this state of confusion.
Release me
Expressing a desire to be freed from a distorted reality.
Denial
The act of denying or rejecting something, possibly the distorted reality.
Is venomous
Denial is portrayed as poisonous, harmful.
Poisons them
The poisonous denial affects others, portrayed as a mindless mob.
Mindless mob
Criticizing people who are easily manipulated and deceived.
Played like fools
Describing a deceived group as fools.
Deceives thee
Highlighting the deceptive nature of the situation.
Can't distinguish from reality
Difficulty distinguishing between what's real and what's not.
How the blatant has slipped
Noticing how obvious issues have slipped by unnoticed.
Through effortlessly
Issues slipping through effortlessly.
With a mindless clown
Criticizing a leader or figurehead as foolish and mindless.
at the helm of it all
Anticipating the downfall caused by the mentioned leader.
This will be our downfall
Stating that the mentioned leader will lead to collective downfall.
Lucid
Introduction of the term "Lucid" indicating a clear awareness.
I'm dreaming
Confirming the state of being in a dream.
This nightmare has no ending
Expressing the seemingly endless nature of a nightmarish situation.
And while the world turns their back on us
Despite being neglected, no change occurs.
Still nothing changes
Despite global indifference, the situation remains the same.
Am I dreaming? Is it truly how it seems?
Questioning if the current situation is indeed a dream.
On deaf ears
The cries for help are ignored by those who should listen.
fall our screams. Fall our screams
Repetition of the ignored cries for help.
A boastful swine.
Describing an arrogant and self-centered individual.
Narcissistic.
Characterizing the arrogant individual as narcissistic.
Ego inflation is your only mission.
Highlighting the self-centered mission of ego inflation.
Rapid regression at the hands of bigots
Describing a rapid decline caused by prejudiced and narrow-minded individuals.
A lucid nightmare
Describing the current situation as a clear and vivid nightmare.
The life that I'm living
Reflecting on the current, undesirable state of life.
Am I dreaming?
Reiterating the uncertainty if the current situation is a dream.
Is this really how it seems?
Repeating the question about the reality of the situation.
On deaf ears
Reiteration of cries for help falling on deaf ears.
fall our screams, fall our screams
Repetition of the ignored cries for help.
When a cause comes along
Introduction of a just cause.
and you know in your bones that it is just,
Belief in the righteousness of a cause.
yet refuse to defend it--
Choosing not to defend a just cause, leading to personal decline.
at that moment you begin to die.
Describing a moment of moral decay for not defending a just cause.
And I have never seen so many corpses
Observing many people claiming justice but not embodying it.
walking around talking about justice.
Highlighting the contradiction of people talking about justice while not defending it.
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
Quote from Mumia Abu-Jamal, emphasizing the theme of
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