Feeling Restless (not my work)

“Against Me! Up The Cuts lyrics“

I can’t sleep.
Dry red eyes wide open.
Stare at the white stucco ceiling.
I turn on the TV,
watch music on television.
Have I heard this song before?
Did this already happen?
Derived influence in style of dress.
Similar trends in camera technique and editing.
Sync up the cuts to the bass drum kick.
All the taste makers drinking from the same glass.
Is there anyone thinking what I am?
Is there anyone thinking what I am?

Are you restless like me?

All the insiders rumor over the decline in sales.
All the buzz is happening in the new digital market place.
FBI warning printed on the flipside.
Under penalty of law piracy will be prosecuted.
In MRR (Maximum Rock And Roll) someone asks the question,
“With the instant availability of information
and content so easily obtainable
is the culture now a product that’s disposable?”
All the punks still singing the same song.
Is there anyone thinking what I am?
Is there any other alternative?

Are you restless like me?

Possessed

I have a very strong desire for SOMETHING
that becomes so INTENSE it blacks out
EVERYTHING else in my life and becomes
a white-hot focal point that INCINERATES
my mental STABILITY

These petty and fleeting desires range from
the mundane desire for a certain type dog
to the recent all consuming insanity of buying a motorcycle

When the need for some OBJECT gets
ingrained into my mind I can’t SLEEP for
thinking of how to GET it, I can’t WORK
for dreaming of how much BETTER my life will
be once I get this:________________
1) pretty play thing or
2) object of my desire
I am undecided on that line.. funny to say that here though isn’t it?

I become consumed by GREED
I become ENVIOUS of others who have IT
I become HATEFUL and BITTER for lack of having it

The TRUTH is, it is not the OBJECT that
matters to me, it is the EXPERIENCE of it that
I hope for, the ever burning DESIRE that
maybe, just maybe, THIS TIME, THIS THING
WILL MAKE ME HAPPY.. JUST THIS ONE THING.