Narth said that he spent years asking the machines questions, slowly taking its answers and piecing them together inside his room, until he had finally done it. he stepped back from the machine and looked around at the reality he had mapped out in his room, and finally understood his place in it, for what it was worth. brimming with pride and confidence he went out into reality with a reforged sense of understanding and direction. but as time went by, he began to see that for all the years he'd spent with the machine, he had only been mapping reality through the answers the machine had given. and that the reality outside of his room, outside of his enquiries and the machine's answers, had changed so much, that he felt just as uncertain as before, if not more so. Narth scratched his head, looked up at the clouded sky, and sighed.
lyrics
theres someone else
waiting in line
it don't matter if your unhappy or fine
someones waiting in line
a nameless face
waits for the time
when they'll take your place
it don't matter how big
your feet might be
the shoes that they'll fit could fit anyone
anybody
unremarkable
don't you see
you can't be the only one
someones waiting for their time
theres somebody waiting in line
theres a right to be
unhappy
if you were happy all the time
then you must be crazy
once I took a step back
peered through the cracks
saw the life I was given
hurting those who were hidden
how can I be happy knowing that?
yeah you're right to be unhappy
can't escape the fact
people for sale
400 dollars a skin
310 pounds
44000 yen
auctioned off to the biggest bidder its fine
I don't give a fuck
theres another in line
well I gave my pound of flesh
how come I feel hollow?
I feel worthless
for I know
the actions are taught
grief and shame float to the surface of course
grief and shame are my only thoughts
for all the souls forever are lost
that only exist until they are forgot
but I know my place
keep my head down
don't want no trouble
don't want to frown
keep my lips shut
no I won't say a word
won't make a sound
I don't want to cause hurt
did as I was told
followed what you said
for a life of comfort
built on the backs of the dead
did as you said
no I never done wrong
ignored all the thoughts I used to dwell upon
is it a sin to want an easy life?
just turn a blind eye
theres another in line
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