He read it in a magazine A vision of the future obscene Soon enough when the world begins resembling It's all too late As if once he thought of it Somebody was bound to realise it Don't you know when you open up Pandora's box There's no closing it? It's right in front of me The life I was gonna lead There isn't much hope for it now Forget about the meaning of life I just want to make it through the night I just want to survive Now war's not fought for victory It's just a process to destabilise things Just a means to an end while they play that lonely game Behind closed doors Now nobody reads the magazines And the shops are filled with vending machines I wander through near empty streets Where no one speaks It's all 2D And there's no complexity Just the right and the wrong of things So it isn't hard to obey Forget about the meaning of life I just want to make it through the night I just want to survive Forget about the meaning of life I wish that I could see it all in black and white I just want to survive Forget about the meaning of life I just want to make it through the night I just want to survive Forget about the meaning of life I wish that I could make you feel alive But it's too late to try, try, try