TV & methadone

from the london look by Ryan Lee Ward

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attractions and addictions
abstractions and religions
home truths and works of fiction
all sit side by side
while frosty thorns and thistles
and conmen who speak in whistles
and government officials
attack you from behind

and someday they'll find a reason
to bury you in the sod
it may be an act of treason
it may be an act of god
but they'll never leave you alone
they'll pick your brains like vultures
you're a victim of a culture
of TV and methadone

in a world of vast extortions
and gross backstreet abortions
countless moral contortions
make questions disappear
while false policies are shared
by the honesty impaired
but only to those prepared
to pretend they cannot hear

and someday they'll find a reason
to bury you in the sod
it may be an act of treason
it may be an act of god
but they'll never leave you alone
they'll pick your brains like vultures
you're a victim of a culture
of TV and methadone

loud lights and unknown noises
and disembodied voices
come from lifestyle choices
that seem too good to be true
but if you place your faith in lawyers
to argue your case to voyeurs
you're inviting paranoias
to take a hold of you

and someday they'll find a reason
to bury you in the sod
it may be an act of treason
it may be an act of god
but they'll never leave you alone
they'll pick your brains like vultures
you're a victim of a culture
of TV and methadone

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from the london look, released January 20, 2021

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