Compromise

I was a boy once,

Back then, it really was righteous,

To fight against the heavens,

God is such an evil beast,

And the devil next to him,

Both the enemy of mankind,

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But as you grow older,

He introduces you to the family,

He teaches you you’re wrong,

He gives you something to eat,

And he asks you to shut up,

He tells you to wait your turn,

Everybody gets fed in hell,

And how you answer him,

Determines your place beneath him,

Whether you'll starve or feast,

What a terrible beast,

I am like trash before him,

But its been beaten into me,

The answer to my rebellion,

My father, he simply,

Knows better.

Pawn

More thought, has been,

Put into the world, than,

You know, many things,

Have been considered,

Don't just assume,

That its run by idiots,

We can all be,

Manipulated,

We can all be,

Compelled,

Even if,

Its run by idiots,

There is still,

Their father,

Above them.