Digital Veil - The Human Abstract

Pull me from the gallows

Of this fiber-optic nation

I cannot compute why

We celebrate this mediocrity

Just let me download my

Latest update right now

Just give me access to

My latest opinion

Now, now, give it now!

Unplug me from this fantasy

My eyes have seen the sun

Have we all become voyeurs

Covered by this digital veil

Direct my mind

Just keep me occupied

Don’t let me find

Something that is worth my time

We like to think that we

Are more connected

But the truth is that we’ve

Never been more divided

It’s just too awkward

I need my digital veil

Blow the lid off your hard drive

And even if I can’t comprehend

My place in this world

Pull me from the gallows

Of this fiber-optic nation