Strive, strive, surmount the obstacles

Become the essence of your goals, hereditary dream

Pray that you may attain that destinyFall into the coveted line

Where life is but a theme of pretense in lustrous guise

Claims and values, charts of means and status

Plaques to show your strife

Do your neighbor clones approve?

Picture perfect illustration, imitation of life

Where the path is evened out, all obstructions removed

Great, viable citizen

Are you happy now?

Then praise your god and bow

Shimmering surface

The gleam of blinding lies

Become the product

The thing you so desire

To what length would you go to reach your goals?

What mantra will you use to justify your means?

Who will you betray to secure your dream?

What sins will you commit to avoid your sins to be seen?

Do not look down

Do not look down

Or the abysmal beast of nonconformity might

Stare some unpleasant truth into your desensitized mind

Shimmering surface

The gleam of blinding lies

Become the product

The thing you so desire