Toxic Reverie

Another screen, another lie

Another child left asking why

You scream your cause, but can’t explain

Marching blind into the flame

They sell you rage in high-def sound

While truth is buried underground

You’re fighting wars you never knew

For kings who never bled like you

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And no one sees

The strings beneath

You’re not awake

You’re just asleep

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Dance, puppets, dance — in the toxic reverie!

You’re burning flags, but you forgot what freedom means

Eyes wide shut, you follow what you cannot see

You scream for peace while dripping in hypocrisy

Dance, puppets, dance — in the toxic reverie!

While crimson roses rot beneath your apathy

Chasing shadows of a glitching memory

Trapped in loops of false reality

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They sold your fears in plastic smiles

You wear their thoughts, made to beguile

Distracted minds in pixel chains

Trading purpose just for fame

You’re quoting gods from meme accounts

You chant your truth, but never doubt

And in the end, what did you learn?

The world still spins, and bridges burn

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Wake up, wake up

You’ve been asleep

They pull your strings

You dance so sweet

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Dance, puppets, dance — in the toxic reverie!

While echoes of the past become your prophecy

You stare at flames but never feel the heat

And wonder why you’re still on broken knees

Dance, puppets, dance — in the toxic reverie!

While crimson roses beg for you to see

But you scroll past them mindlessly

Living death in high velocity

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Can’t you see?

They’ve turned your mind into a cage

No clarity…

Just dopamine and scripted rage

You could’ve stopped…

To smell the war-torn roses, red

But you’re too lost…

In what that TikTok echo said

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Dance, puppets, dance in the toxic reverie!

You’re bleeding truths into a digital disease

Wake up, wake up break the fantasy

You’re more than echoes of their fallacy

Dance, puppets, dance in the toxic reverie!

While crimson roses bloom in tragedy

You could live free… but you’d rather be

Another ghost inside their toxic dream

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Dance… puppets… dance…

in the toxic reverie…