Programmed Numb

Standards erase epiphany - Originality is a myth
Set the thoughts aside and think for once
Should I love you even if it kills me?
Drill and test until I bleed black conformity

Body numb - Override
No denial of this systematic censoring
Too scared of the fight
We accept all the words they whisper as we choke they smile

Individuality remains tied to a ball and chain - it's ugly
A barbed-wire crown honors all of nothing
Should I love you or will the others laugh
and differentiate me from their group of normals?

And who of the blindly obedient could ever divert from the path?
After all it's just painless to those who have been programmed numb