Do Not Look Down

Strive, strive, surmount the obstacles
 Become the essence of your goals, hereditary dream
 Pray that you may attain that destiny
 Fall into the coveted line
 Where life is but a theme of pretense in lustrous guise
 Claims and values, charts of means and status
 Plaques to show your strife
 Do your neighbor clones approve?
 Picture perfect illustration, imitation of life
 Where the path is evened out, all obstructions removed
 Great, viable citizen
 Are you happy now?
 Then praise your god and bow
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 Shimmering surface
 The gleam of blinding lies
 Become the product
 The thing you so desire
 To what length would you go to reach your goals?
 What mantra will you use to justify your means?
 Who will you betray to secure your dream?
 What sins will you commit to avoid your sins to be seen?
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 Do not look down
 Do not look down
 Or the abysmal beast of nonconformity might
 Stare some unpleasant truth into your desensitized mind
 Shimmering surface
 The gleam of blinding lies
 Become the product
 The thing you so desire