Tradition Inhibition from Elk Ilk by Elk Ilk

If you want to learn about our world as it is today
It’s a good thing that you have stumbled upon our play
Here for some they’re not allowed a bed on which to lay
Yet blissful ignorance lets it stay this way

While some dissolve in a lifestyle of luxury
Others sell their freedom for the thought of a gain
Half of them are unable to prove that they are somebody
The other half pretend that they are not going insane

And they all think it’s quite alright
To let these poor souls live in fright
They’re OK because they don’t fight
But you have to hold onto them like a kite

We’re knotted in a cortex of static
Clinging onto rotten patchwork fabric
Of tradition as a vile inhibition
To any sort of individuality

We honour the task to keep our lips tightly shut
Even in the face of an annual rut
We swallow up and think nothing else of sensationalist lies
Because why change when we’re comfy in our lives

We’re knotted in a cortex of static
Clinging onto rotten patchwork fabric
Of tradition as a vile inhibition
To any sort of freedom or equality

There’s a question, can we change at all, well if
You stick around long enough you might live to
See every last one of us end up standing tall

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