Living in summerland forever,
You were the first, the last & the always til you left me underground,
There’s dignity in this repression
There’s purity, in somewhere that leads anywhere but down

Just take the pill, it’ll make you clever, it’ll make you brighter, it’ll make you safe
Just choke it down now, we can all join hands & smile & be the same
Just take the pill, it’ll make you happy, it’ll make you happy, it’ll make you sane
Just take the pill, it’ll make you better, it’ll make you better, it’ll make you stale..

I could suffocate
You could smother me with love….

Call this conditional release, justify it any way you can
I let you complicate me, my old & vanished friend.
These rites of suffrage are like swallowing razorblades again
The blank & errant masses swarm, my old & vanished friend.

The architecture of convention crashes down,
I never, ever wanted you to say:
“You give me absolution, you make me whole…”

Just take the pill, it’ll make you clever, it’ll make you brighter, it’ll make you safe
Just choke it down now, we can all join hands & smile & be the same
Just take the pill, it’ll make you happy, it’ll make you happy, it’ll make you sane
Just take the pill, it’ll make you better, it’ll make you better, it’ll make you stale..

I could suffocate
You could smother me with love, again…

Call this conditional release, justify it any way you can
I let you complicate me, my old & vanished friend.
These rites of suffrage are like swallowing razorblades again
The blank & errant masses swarm, my old & vanished friend…