we are the poster children
each born under a slogan
the meaningful phrases? we killed them
banality our shogun

we believe in the lie of self-help books
we will swallow whatever you tell us
we don't understand the phrase too many cooks
and we'll buy whatever you sell us

every drug is dangerous we know
if we eat that kind of food we'll never grow
we're always dooomed to reap what we sow
we never go where we're not meant to go

can you see the poster, child?
do you acknowledge its truth?
do you see how the message was defiled?
bemoan the idiocies of youth

we know how to identify a liar
we know what it takes to inspire
we know how to avoid the fire
all you bookheads can go retire

heroin chic, warzone bleak
the busted antique
the condensed guide to a week
to be different's to be freak

iron all the difference out
learn to whisper never shout
forget opinion embrace doubt
here's the asylum you'll never get out

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