I will accept incisions from surgeons, but not lashes from lepers
I will remove the cataracts myself if need be
Our lives are not made wretched by demons and asps
They're made so by cowards, hypocrites, and panderers
When the dumb lead the blind, and the blind raise the young
It falls on those with sharper tongues to not let eyes be sewn shut
When they describe dissent as illness, become the fever they have feared
Add your own to the book of names that they have smeared
I cannot live with myself when I fall victim to morbid complacency
Your ways are not for me
I cannot live with myself when I fall victim to morbid complacency
Your ways are not for me
Let my loving misanthropy be my medicine mask
Determined to move the needle that brings medication to the comatose class