Lyrics: The Defense

Nothing comes easier than madness in the world today
Mass paranoia is a mode not a malady
I'd like to watch a thousand cable channels but there's nothing on
And my high speed connection monitored daily by a pentagon

These things are seldom what they seem
I'm not inclined to enjoy my dreams
Won't go away
No peace
And no friends
We trace a mortal edge
To state the obvious:
This world is perilous for us
No sense
And no guide
Ain't it beatiful to be alive
I won't resign before the struggle ends
So I'll construct the sound defense

We are the pray and culture is the predator
I'm running out of time where conditions are positional
Shadows of a doubt cast relutance and depravity
There's got to be a way to overcome this grim reality

Is there an option left for me
I'm not immune to despondency
There's no way
No peace
And no friends
We trace a mortal edge
To state the obvious:
This world is perilous for us
No sense
And no guide
Ain't it beatiful to be alive
I won't resign before the struggle ends
So I'll construct the sound defense

There's a signpost on the corner
And it keeps everybody safe
We were all made in the shade
And your mothers in the kitchen
Where she's patching all the cracks in the wall
We never had a care in the world

Too much to sacrifice (no shade)
It's hard to recognize (no light)
Traps and compromise (just black)
Obscuring deadly alibis (and white)
It's combitional (my plans)
The pressures so intense (and designs)
When I construct a sound defense (no way)
Nothing's plainer than the madness in the world today (no sign)
I must conceal myself and steal myself and break away (no grace)
I'll seek intiative in matters that are black and white (no sense)

So I'll construct a sound defense