The Quiet Cattle

We are the Quiet Cattle Always in some insignificant, internal battle. Distracted, we let them hop right in the saddle, Cast away when we try to tattle. They’ve given us their sickness, Everything is now merely business. We’ll take out a loan for a cave, Before they’ll allow us donate to those who need saved! Cattle aren’t collateral… But this is not abnormal Quite the contrary it’s admirable! We are the Quiet Cattle. We’ll believe false prophets, Who are in it solely for power and profits. We’ll dwell in misery, Never considering altering reality, Working towards death, Giving them our every breath Told we are helping each other, A half-truth, Not even every other! We poison our home, And they don’t quite realize… We shall fall just like Rome. We are the Quiet Cattle Suffering in our incessant greed On this they feed! Their hunger: insatiable Their need: insensible Our ignorance: Immeasurable Their crimes: irreconcilable Their time: infinitesimal! They made a product And we bought it They told us a lie And we taught it They gave us a dream And we sought it They had a disease And we caught it They went to war And we fought it Blinded by our pride, That thing they use to hide, They’ve milked us And we’ve never even thought it… They told you and me That we are free, Yet they keep us out of touch with reality Why talk about the truth? We have celebrities… The one thing that will never be said: (Surprisingly we are not brain-dead) “No institution, Can infringe upon our volition To make a benevolent transition.” We are the quiet cattle, But we don't have to be...