Pete Muldoon - Alicia's Lament (feat. Yaya Balbed)

For a long time I've been seeing
A dream lost behind iron gears
Hope long lost to a dark empire
Evidence of a dying world
Machines run everything
And everything's run down
Fire and brimstone are welcome
In this soul-free world

All the rivers are poisoned
And all the beauty copyright
The corporation reigns supreme
And human beings fall into a deadly dream

Smart phones and weak minds
Extinction of butterflies
Along with so many other species
Sad men cower to broken treaties
The oil lamp has been burned out
And the planet suffers diabetes
Everyone seems hypnotized
By the dim light of their LCDs
And now we have a week to go
Before we have no more to eat
The machine wants us to die humbly
But I'd rather die on my feet

A butterfly dances through the room
Alicia gave a cry
For it was common knowledge
That such insects have all died
She cried with joy and wonder
But she found she cried alone
The others just stared at the holograph
From their surgically implanted phones

Written by:
Peter Muldoon

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