Lyrics
Dear society, do you remember me?
Reflecting on the relationship between the speaker and society, questioning if society remembers them.
Tell me why we suddenly must live in enmity
Expressing confusion about the sudden shift to living in hostility or conflict.
Guilty by default, no discussion at all
Feeling presumed guilt without any chance for discussion or defense.
Just get in line, boy, drop a knee and sing along
Advising to conform without questioning, suggesting blind obedience.
Dear society, we all have been deceived
Highlighting collective deception experienced by society.
What we're dealing with goes deeper than the flesh we see
Acknowledging deeper issues beyond physical appearance.
No policy or law from right or left will solve
Criticizing the inefficacy of policies from both sides in addressing the root cause of a broken system.
A broken system treating symptoms but never the cause
Pointing out the focus on treating symptoms rather than addressing the underlying issues.
We have some commonality
Noting shared commonality among individuals.
There is a light that offers hope for both you and me
Introducing a hopeful perspective represented by a metaphorical light.
We're cogs inside the same machine
Describing individuals as parts of the same societal machine.
Programmed for conformity
Indicating societal programming for conformity.
We're being engineered to live with hate inside us
Describing a process of engineering individuals to harbor hatred.
We bought into the scheme they peddled to divide us
Referencing the acceptance of a divisive scheme that separates people.
We bleed the same red blood no matter where we're from
Emphasizing the commonality of humanity through the shared red blood.
We're walking side by side but we got blinders on
Highlighting the presence of physical proximity but ideological separation.
They'd rather keep you victimized than build you up
Claiming a preference for victimization over empowerment.
They want you blinded, vitriolic, deaf and dumb
Desiring individuals to be blinded, vitriolic, deaf, and mute.
I hope you know the truth when it's all said and done
Expressing hope for awareness of truth in the end.
Sincerely, public enemy number one
Signing off as "public enemy number one."
Dear society, am I allowed to speak?
Raising a question about the freedom to express oneself in society.
There is a conversation no one wants to have with me
Referencing an avoided conversation, suggesting societal reluctance.
I know what you've been told, but you've been bought and sold
Challenging established narratives, warning about a deceptive influence.
Yeah there's a liar in the fire and he wants your soul
Identifying a liar with malicious intentions.
Dear society, we don't have to agree
Asserting the possibility of disagreement without hostility.
There was a time not long ago when that's what made us free
Recalling a time when diversity of thought was considered freedom.
But now that order's gone, there is no right or wrong
Highlighting the absence of clear moral standards in the current state.
This isn't freedom or a kingdom it's a free-for-all
Characterizing the current state as chaotic and lacking order.
We fall under the same decree
Stating a shared responsibility for historical darkness.
We owe a debt for all the darkness in our history
Acknowledging a collective debt for past wrongs.
But neither platitudes nor principalities
Rejecting the effectiveness of superficial solutions or authorities.
Have the power to set us free
Asserting that neither clichés nor powerful entities can bring true freedom.
We're being engineered to live with hate inside us
Reiterating the theme of engineered hatred within individuals.
We bought into the scheme they peddled to divide us
Repeating the idea of buying into a divisive scheme.
We bleed the same red blood no matter where we're from
Reaffirming the commonality of human blood regardless of origin.
We're walking side by side but we got blinders on
Restating the juxtaposition of physical proximity and ideological separation.
They'd rather keep you victimized than build you up
Echoing the preference for victimization over empowerment.
They want you blinded, vitriolic, deaf and dumb
Reiterating the desire for individuals to be blinded, vitriolic, deaf, and mute.
I hope you know the truth when it's all said and done
Repeating the hope for awareness of truth in the end.
Sincerely, public enemy number one
Reaffirming the self-identification as "public enemy number one."
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