A view on living outside of the group, and the consequences. |
We make our choices in life, Choices that can lead to love, or to strife I say They say Some choose to exclaim That their way brings truth and a glorious fame I listen to myself They tell all what to say They tell I should follow only the path chosen by them That their way alone will produce the prophesied win I seek truths They give their opinions When I challenge them They exclaim I am wrong They, then, threaten to strike my head, to make it ring, ring, ring like the gong I desire fresh life They read only the dictates of those before them If I show truth, If I show proof Then They attack and strike their heaviest of blows I am free to exist They continue to do naught but to resist So I will leave them to their fears, I am free to go And watch them blind themselves to the ideas to come I will continue and learn They will slide away and resist the changes that all must go through I am mobile, I am free They are bound; They wear the collars with pride I can choose to learn, I can choose to live here, live in the here and the now They will say all must yearn, They will follow truths untested, unmoving, crumbling around I will choose to move on They do naught but remain hidden by veils of the past Freedom and choice belong to the few as well as the all Not the dictates of the way alone, who those against calamity will fall I choose They choose... |