Anarchy (All Dead) Lyrics

The fix came too soon

My brain still had a way to go

Slowed its penchant to grow

Left a fog behind my sockets

Lots left unknown

Lived in a serpent's nest

Of churches and banjos we had to go

stopped in a collective camp

Way south of Reno

Not too sure of anything just happy

To be living

Lost my high school ring

Never forgiven black mark on my family

Invisible sheep in wolf's clothing

These hippies a soft pillow

To crash down on

Safety net for pieces of me

And I learned to love

The sex was constant

Food was free

We stole everything we'd need

Every idea came to be

Every need was voiced and freed

A testament to danger

Easy landing when all the doors slammed

A holy blessing for the wasted

A polite communion for the damned

Desert rats of the lowest flavor

No one tried or even cared

But we held on to each other

Until the love was there

And my eyes cleared up

And the sex grew less and less

Till one paired off with another

Two by two were all that's left

We started actual jobs

Registered to vote

Even started politics

Instead of forcing the quick fix

Then the agencies closed in

Agents doubled down

Fear divided ranks

betrayal tossed around

Cast out to the wolves

To spend my life alone

Cast away from those that held me up

My first self starting home

And I cursed the whole collective

Lost track over time

Decades drifted over

Till an old friend of mine

Looked me up on Facebook

Dropped in to say his piece

And the devastated stories of those

Who helped me

Out of my shell

Long ago

Ancient landscapes of beautiful flora

These kids who were better than me

Who cared for me

In my adult infancy

Helped me through

All dead, all dead

Suicide, murder, crazy head

No one to catch their pieces

Shattered in the face of life

Where was I all dead