There is a void inside of us An empty spot where our soul used to be Listening to the echoing emptiness we go crazy That's why we try desperately to get rid of it Hold in, take a breath and ask yourself what we are We are privileged victims Rich but worthless Fat but hungry Entertained but bored Strong but powerless Creating but dead Connected but lonely We know everything but understand nothing We admire inane artifacts but are blind to the miracle that is life itself Blind to the human being in front of us The obscenity of our world hits me with the brutality of a freight train Shows me the discord of our existence with unhidden clarity It's all a Big Laugh Tragedy Too sad to laugh, too ironic to cry We poison the soil while people are starving We destroy thousand-year-old cultures in the name of diversity No roots, no future Our roots dry in the sun, ripped out as a victim to progress All of this makes it hard to hold on to hope Feeds the need in me to close my eyes and be silent forever No healing, no compassion, no god damned nothing I am alone by myself praying to a god I can't believe even exists I pray to a god I can't believe even exists