The Message ft. Alexander Ray Lyrics

The world is always changing, faster than we can keep pace

A media and technology barrage, who can win the race?

It's easy to buy in to the system, work a nine-to-five

Settle into a life that never feels like it's alive

Pushed ahead by money, and the things we always need

We're taught to covet and desire, nothing is spared from greed

Yet there's still a feeling of something missing inside

Our basic human rights have been denied

Look and see the message in the bottle

The writing is plain and clear

It reads warning, you cannot escape this world

So drink it away, my dear

We need to open our eyes and remove the veil

Off of a society created not to fail

That keeps us distracted and completely absorbed

And leads us away from true reform

'Cause each right we receive is another victory

That doesn't separate us any further from our misery

No matter how many rights we get, something still seems wrong

Like maybe we weren't meant for this all along

Maybe we weren't meant to give away our entire lives

The burden of our existence, denying everything we are inside

The fruit of our labor distract us from each other

We have become transparent, shadows to one another

When was the last time you had a conversation on the street

Or said "hello" to a person you didn't have to meet?

We don't have a chance for basic interactions anymore

'Cause time is always beating down our door

We need to stop and liberate our minds

We've been running for so long, blind leading the blind

Yet the power comes from us, it's all in our heads

We take it away, the system is dead

Look and see the message in the bottle

The writing is plain and clear

It reads warning, you cannot escape this world

So drink it away, my dear

So drink it away, my dear