Lately I been hearing rumors, that everything is under control
as the screaming subsides I realize
that my head's been chained to the wall
My mind held fast by the media's velvet chains
views this solitary dreamscape
where so very little of the truth remains
all I can think of is a plan for escape
Is everything under control?
let me out of this dream world
how much did you get for your soul
Is everything under control?
Lately I been gettin' flashes of reality behind the vail
so I speak to mankind to my horror I find
they'd rather stay trapped in their jails
a master of puppets on the blue screen
receite litany of lies
I watch as you shake your head in agreement
with the blindfold over your eyes...
Is everything under control?
I have a dream....
how much did you get for your soul
Is everything under control?

Lately I been hearing rumors, that everything is under control
as the screaming subsides I realize
that my head's been chained to the wall
My mind held fast by the media's velvet chains
views this solitary dreamscape
where so very little of the truth remains
all I can think of is a plan for escape
Is everything under control?
let me out of this dream world
how much did you get for your soul
Is everything under control?
Lately I been gettin' flashes of reality behind the vail
so I speak to mankind to my horror I find
they'd rather stay trapped in their jails
a master of puppets on the blue screen
receite litany of lies
I watch as you shake your head in agreement
with the blindfold over your eyes...
Is everything under control?
I have a dream....
how much did you get for your soul
Is everything under control?

sigh

I wish that I could still smoke dope too

Just to elaborate- when I wrote this, I had in mind Plato's allegory of the cave-
"Plato imagines a group of people who have lived chained in a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of the cave entrance, and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Plato, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to seeing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall are not constitutive of reality at all, as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners."
See if you can make the connection-