Zombified

Trying to occupy an archetype of individuality

By being like some aspect of everyone else

In an irrational unconscious desire to belong

Consider any group united by a vague doctrine

None of which are guided by a specific north star

Never questioning if the dim star being followed

Is going to lead them to conscious enlightenment

Huddled safely in a protective mass of comfort

Not because it is helpful but rather what they know

Incorporating what a person believes to be

The best of each absorbing into their own version

Of religious behavior, politics or sports

(All one in the same anyway)

Also guaranteeing that no two people have

The exact same interpretation of either or any

Just knowing their own opinion carries the most weight




Zombified



Recently noticed this behavior in a three story

Grocery / clothing / electronics / knickknack store

In a large metropolitan overpopulated coastal city

Un-smilling faces meandering around as if by rote

Atop functioning corpses reaching for products

Simply because they had arms and hands to do so

Loosely surrounded by (try this on for size)

Vest placarded “Armed” Security Guards who also

Seemed to be milling around the walking dead

(I wonder if they are really prepared to

Shoot someone for stealing a Twinkie)

But no one seemed to notice or seemed to care

Just another layer in the corporate redundancy to

Make a profit with jacked up prices covering expenses



“Zombified”



“The monsters aren’t living under your bed
‘Cause they are the voices in your head
Zombified by the lies they’ve said
We’ve become the walking dead

‘Cause everybody’s talking bitch
Oh no, they’ll never let go
Of something you said 10 years ago
They’re cancelling, cancelling you
And they won’t stop ’till everybody’s

Zombified (Zombified)
They’re pumping us with lies
Like it’s formaldehyde
They’re dead inside
It goes on and on
Let this go
When it stops we’ll never know
We’re hypnotized
And they won’t stop ’till you’re
Zombified

You better shut your mouth and bite your tongue
‘Cause you don’t wanna piss off anyone
We’re traumatized by the damage done
Welcome to America

‘Cause everybody’s talking bitch
Oh no, they’ll never let go
Of something you said 10 years ago
They’re cancelling, cancelling you
And they won’t stop ’till everybody’s

Zombified (Zombified)
They’re pumping us with lies
Like it’s formaldehyde
They’re dead inside
It goes on and on
Let this go
When it stops we’ll never know
We’re hypnotized
And they won’t stop ’till you’re
Zombified

Go (Hahahaha)
They’re feeding off your broken mind
They won’t die they multiply
We’ve become so fucking blind
They won’t stop ’till you’re
Zombified
Pick it up
Oh, oh

Now everybody’s zombified (Zombified)
They’re pumping us with lies
Like it’s formaldehyde
They’re dead inside
It goes on and on
Let this go
When it stops we’ll never know
We’re hypnotized

And they won’t stop ’till you’re
They won’t stop ’till I’m
They won’t stop ’till we are
Zombified”


– Falling In Reverse