Designer Afterlives

from A Better World Rejected by Selfist

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lyrics

Let me up for air
I breathe it and I disappear
My bones turn to dust
Can’t hold my interest
Rephrase the absolutes
To expedite the search for truth
No shortcut to enlightenment exists
But you persist
With vicious sacraments
In sterile temples rich with artifice
Might please the eye
But not the consciousness
Receptors stimulated
Spirits still enslaved
You’ve glimpsed the sun but backtrack to the cave
You know the truth but prefer lies
Designer afterlives
Eternity contrived

Collective eyes
Turn inward
They’re burning in the shine
The blinding glare as our
Trajectory unwinds
You invest heavy in the lie
Combusting in the fires of time

Dull promises of immortality
Subliminal appeals to vanity
Apochryphal divinity
Our chains won’t set us free

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from A Better World Rejected, released July 10, 2023

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