Dance Dance Dance

we will dance as they dance, 
sing as they sing 
until our words lose all meaning 
and all that is left will be echoes of their sound. 
it's all over
you play both sides
you see who wins 
and you compromise. 
lost between the well studied lines, 
so went the dream we passed on through. 

no latecomers. 
cultivate and assimilate 
the words the actions the heart 
of yet another  [bad word] subculture. 
destroy every page until they all tell the same story. 

you sing words you don't understand 
you drop names 
to impress the ones you lied to 
to impress the ones you danced to. 
tonight let's dance our own dance, 
tonight let's make this our last. 

refuse the refuse, 
ascertain knowledge 
from all forms of hate. 
shake off the fake out rhetoric 
and ditch the copy and paste: 
references only spoken here. 

rebuild the city 
with new walls 
with open doors 
on both sides. 
rebuild ourselves 
with new ears. 

for every sun 
that sets to return 
every ship that sails must be allowed to sink. 

the seed is sewn 
for a minute we're reborn 
for a minute we're free 
to think 
to drop the act 
to never let them consume us 
so that our strength 
may no longer be hidden. 

all words must be confronted 
and nothing taken for granted 
except our impressionability.