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The Great Depression

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Storm clouds spreading, black horizons oil slick the southern sky
What prospects should I gather to motivate my corpse to rise?
Bloodshot, my eyes reject the staleness of this day,
and ‘reason’ gives purpose for all the pills I have to swallow
Driving, my heart is dead and hollow,
metal boxes racing by, ringing out the death of my life
Machines buzzing, towers loom- the antithesis of nature
Entering this asphalt tomb- self-interest my prime dictator
Now that I stand to carry the weight- try to convince me that its all for something?
Now that I stand to carry the weight, and I lie to myself…am I living-dead?

Four walls surround me with wires outstretched- the triumph of time over space
The modus vivendi- each man for himself, each alone, and each an island

Get me out of this hole somehow
Get me out of this hole right now…my great depression

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open_veins On Apr 17, 2004

Order Upheld/Dissent Dissolved

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2004-04-17 10:34:53

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