Seasons by Wait In Vain

Puritan

by Wait In Vain· from Seasons

Imprisoned by desires, shackled to possessions. What can't be lived without will leave us without. We aspire to the standards set by the elite. Temporary happiness for our permanent toil. Poisoning and burning the fire has been set and there's no way out. Progress, erect, despoil. Build a better tomorrow and destroy today. Indulge, devour, waste. We'll take and take until there's nothing left, tomorrow abandoned for the needs of today as luxuries that promise freedom choke our lives and become our oppressors. We get caught in a cycle where having more is valued over being more. Tell ourselves we are nothing when we have nothing. Take all that we can. Knock down all in our way and continue to. Progress, erect, despoil. Build a better tomorrow and destroy today. Indulge, devour, waste. We'll take and take until there's nothing left. Tomorrow abandoned for the needs of today. Man will conquer new lands and take all that he can. Harvesting indigenous lands to give into demands that he feels are his birthrights. Survival of the fittest will serve as the anchor that will drag us to the bottom, signs of a world collapse ignored. We continue to consume, until we are consumed...