Forgetting to Dream
We made our heroes and bled our heroes
Forced them to be role models
Demanded they bear the mark of enlightenment
Dragged them down to our level
When they disappointed
Then we destroyed them
Briefly they burn brightly over the blighted
Forgotten fugitives from existence
We, who pay any price
For the sale of escapism
Science and the fine arts
Cannot protect or save us from ourselves
We treat yesterday’s heroes as obsolete
Out of touch with today’s realities
They’ve been cruising in limos far too long
Yet we still sing their songs
Unique individuals. are artifacts of the past
We built a world where nothing can last
We exist between desire, dependency and disappointment
Always on the verge of some future happiness
In today’s hit and run reality of shortsightedness
In this life we call existence
It’s easy to squander your resistance
The downwardly mobile
Can’t remember the future
Some say that’s only a rumor
Forget reason, sanity and hope
In the 21st century, you’re on your own