Welcome to class now you are
Locked up all your life in a concrete structure
Blocked off from the world
Clogging up your thoughts with the empty
notions
Null on the outside

Live, learn

A black stare responds
The master of ceremonies drones right on for hours
The blinding lights go dull
The brilliant babies go back home uninspired

Running up your brain through the rodent mazes
Cold and predefined
Making all the necessary contributions
Keep within the lines

Hold still

Welcome to academic success
Jerk off to your name on the Dean's List

Slowly marching forth with the herd
The umbilical cord of the world
Choking off the breath of your mind
Hollowed out and starving for life

Recycle the elite pinned to your chest
Leaning to the right while stroking the left

Slowly marching forth with the herd
The umbilical cord of the world
Embryonic brains without spines
A flock of talking heads in disguise

Disappear in a sea of cloned thought patterns

Slowly marching forth with the herd
The umbilical cord of the world
Self-aborted right in your prime

Speak up your idea will inspire and shine
Alas it's been thought a thousand times

Castrate yourself with the fear of being less than wealthy

Rapid-fire attempts at quick inspiration leave you broke
and numb
The paralyzing pain of their expectation causes you
to run

Drop out