Forth With the Herd - Derelict

Welcome to class now you are

Locked up all your life in a concrete structure

Blocked off from the world

Clogging up your thoughts with the empty

Notions

Null on the outside

Live, learn

A black stare responds

The master of ceremonies drones right on for hours

The blinding lights go dull

The brilliant babies go back home uninspired

Running up your brain through the rodent mazes

Cold and predefined

Making all the necessary contributions

Keep within the lines

Hold still

Welcome to academic success

Jerk off to your name on the Dean’s List

Slowly marching forth with the herd

The umbilical cord of the world

Choking off the breath of your mind

Hollowed out and starving for life

Recycle the elite pinned to your chest

Leaning to the right while stroking the left

Slowly marching forth with the herd

The umbilical cord of the world

Embryonic brains without spines

A flock of talking heads in disguise

Disappear in a sea of cloned thought patterns

Slowly marching forth with the herd

The umbilical cord of the world

Self-aborted right in your prime

Speak up your idea will inspire and shine

Alas it’s been thought a thousand times

Castrate yourself with the fear of being less than wealthy

Rapid-fire attempts at quick inspiration leave you broke

And numb

The paralyzing pain of their expectation causes you

To run

Drop out