Sycophants

by Red Sun Lewis

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This one's about individuation/enlightenment and the hooks that prevent us from achieving it - the 'I' vs the 'We' etc...was tempted to title it 'Temet Nosce' ('know thyself' in latin - the phrase, in the original greek, was written above the entrance to the Delphic Oracle - the latin version is written above the Oracle's kitchen door in 'The Matrix') but felt the lyrics, focused as they are on the negatives of herd mentality, needed a more sympathetic title.

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Where you walk
They scatter petals
Self-detrimental
When you talk
They are in lockstep
Take a crowbar then forceps
When you smile
It's like their birthday
Swift becoming your worst day
When you cry
They claim your heartache
Bare for to flagellate

Boy they suck!
Just like a vampire
They never retire
When they look
Into a mirror
Nothing is in there
Time to leave
Time for the harvest
To physically divest
No last words
Eulogise elsewhere
'Cos there's nobody left here

Know thyself
And nobody else

Gird your loins
Venus or man-child
You're alone
And they're on the outside
The gods they want
Your humble opinion
And what got you grinnin'
Like a rock
The sea in it's violence
Crash on
While you sit in silence

Know thyself
And nobody else

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released March 31, 2022

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Red Sun Lewis Edinburgh, UK

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