Convoluted Absolutes — текст песни (Tourniquet)

I feel numb
And think we`re half asleep
Our collective sense of outrage
Has gone the way dodo birds and Model T`s
We`re being trained
We tell them what they want just to appease
It`s the end of absolutes
Welcome to the death of meaning
Mice will run a maze for cheese
Koko signs her A - B - C`s we think she`s talking to her kitten in the corner
Pavlov`s dogs would drool if they could hear their chiming cue
Just like them we`ve been conditioned

We`re going dumb
Have we forgotten how to speak
Would mute cries fall on deafened ears
If we could get ourselves to give voice to our pleas
We`re so well trained
That`s the way it is and so we`ll let it be
If there are no absolutes
Our objections have no meaning
Birds will learn to talk for treats
Flipper laughed and danced to please and avoid electrocution
Pavlov`s dogs would drool if they could hear their chiming cue
Just like them we`ve been conditioned

Feeling numb
Half asleep
Being trained
We`re just like sheep

Going dumb
We never speak
So well trained
The truth we never seek