What is real or fantasy
There is no defining line
They make us think cigarettes are cool.
But they seem content/To hand us our death/
With the image of “Joe” on a billboard sign.

Creation in the mind of a digital force
Enabled by “powers that be”.
Caught in the maze of the digital world.
There’s no escape from this tyranny.

So you don’t like what you see in the mirror
Buy your image but sell your soul
Work out for looks but not for life
Commercial teaser / aesthetic pleaser /
they make you think you’re not who you really are.

Creation in the mind of a digital force
Enabled by “powers that be”.
Caught in the maze of the digital world.
There’s no escape from this tyranny.

Do you remember the “analog void”
TV / PC at your fingertips
What do you know of the outside world
beyond your synthetic cage.
Aware of what you think you need
Instant access to a life for sale.
Were you deceived by the ad campaign
Has your real world faded to grey.

Creation in the mind of a digital force
Enabled by “powers that be”.
Caught in the maze of the digital world.
There’s no escape from this tyranny.
Feel the rain on your face and the wind in your hair
Sun beating down, but you don't care.
Take control of the images in your mind
Look back on a simple time

Copyright ® 2003 by Ed Gontarz