Two-Way Mirror (Hunger)

from In the Ten Worlds, Part 1: The Six Paths by The Human Beings

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Twenty-four hour news to keep you amused,
if you look away, you’re gonna lose
what the man in the pressed suit has to say.
He doesn’t need to wear a mask,
or hide his grin when he feeds you facts,
he’s paid to show his addictions bright as day.

Yeah, ‘cause everybody’s looking through
his two-way mirror.

She looks at you through thick concealer,
but you can’t touch her, hold her, feel her.
Click the page, though,
you can possess her with your mind.
Aphrodite and the Playboy Bunny,
“What is love babe?
“It’s only money.
Now take me home, I’m so lonely, honey.”

Everyone is looking through
her two-way mirror.

Walking the streets with heads down.
Ears caving in so they don’t hear a sound.
If the whole world erupted would they feel the ground?
Or would they still be watching those screens?
Trying to get with the scene?

Likes and views and a book of faces,
ghosts in imaginary places.
Is that you or just the noose you’ve tied?
Information and surveillance,
now here’s your bill for the monthly payment.
Is it trust or just some foolish pride?
Is it true you prefer the lie?

Everyone is looking through,
they see themselves,
they don’t see you,
so I guess it comes as no surprise,
that everyone is looking through that two-way mirror,
but there’s no one on the other side.

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from In the Ten Worlds, Part 1: The Six Paths, released February 25, 2022

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