A people lobotomized Souls, essence restricted Are susceptible to god's influence Mindless sheep, his favored Reinforce vacuous arrogance Beat out the innate thirst That essence, left emaciated Amidst cries of "leave no child behind" A terminus of reason Cliches endlessly parroted Given new trends, shiny things To rot your brains evermore A vacuous mass, so malleable Formless clay, fit for manipulation Shaped to hate others like them For such superfluous qualities These drills, bored through your skull "it's not us in the thrones" "you're too busy to think about that" Repeated until you too are laid as pavement