Cut Your Strings

from Fata Morgana by Incognito Effect

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We march in lockstep
And call ourselves unique
We’re unified in
Our nonconformity

We are the vanguard of subversion
We are the hive mind of free thinking

You can’t persuade us
Our knowledge is complete
You’ll never shape us
We’ve ossified

We perfectly mimic each other in being distinct
We are the doctrinaire enforcers of heresy
Champions of the diverse, you can’t tell us apart
The dogma of total inclusion demands that we
Hate those who disagree with us

We take our orders
Like faithful dissidents
We’re self-appointed
The priests of unbelief

We are the arbiters of free speech
We are the silencers of those we fear

We can’t be bothered to suffer the unenlightened

We perfectly mimic each other in being distinct
We are the doctrinaire enforcers of heresy
Champions of the diverse, you can’t tell us apart
The mantra of tolerance spews from our lips as we
Kill all cognitive dissonance

We hate those who disagree with us,
Stifle all of the excellent,
Kill all cognitive dissonance

***

Break from the pattern
That defines the crowd,
That would steal your voice,
That would steal your soul.
And cut the strings
That can’t be seen
Then find your voice
And speak the truth.

Notice the walls inside
That would stifle you and deprive
Refuse their control, stand on your own,
Stand and then cut your strings.

When you awaken from atrophy,
Rediscover your sovereignty
Feel the sun on your face, cold light of day,
Giving you back your name.

So escape your captivity
And reclaim your own sovereignty
Depart from the hive, bid them goodbye,
Cut your goddamned strings

Find your voice
And speak the truth
You know your name
So cut your strings

When you find your voice,
Then you’ll speak the truth.
And you’ll know your name,
So cut your strings.

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from Fata Morgana, released September 1, 2018

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