Lost Sheep
Lost Sheep
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for our whole life
We were told how to be
spoon-fed media
conditioned by society
we've been well trained
made to be stupid
told to follow
we're so lost
Can't you see why
life makes no sense
why we're so lost
Why we're so dense
We're also told
this is how it must be
by the wise men
of practicality
Look at yourself,
taste your sickness
of your condition
be your own witness
Can't you see why
life makes no sense
why we're so lost
Why we're so dense
The radicals will tell you
with Marx in their hands
to tear down the walls
and strike up the band
But when they say kill
for ideology
go your own way
Don't follow tyranny
Can't you see why
life makes no sense
why we're so lost
Why we're so dense
when the priest says
I hold the key
question anyone
who says they can
set you free
it's high time my friend
to look within
So you can look out
and see deeper than skin
Can't you see why
life makes no sense
why we're so lost
Why we're so dense
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Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1992. Slightly revised on May 27, 2022.
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© David Penn Trinley Arndt 2022
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Artwork by David Brian Smith
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