my gerenation the city's all wrapped I've seen the best minds of my generation running on empty, super glued to the T.V., dreaming of prosperity, talking incessently... saying nothing sleepin on platforms in train stations sippin on chemical cocktails alive to the universe and dead to the world hallucinating delusions of mediocrity and candied desperate in the pursuit of cool hes in a suit shes in a straightjacket 7-11 nightmares at 3am and i think we might have ... for a while ive seen the best minds of my generation caught up in the virtual reality of living memorizing pin numbers and secret codes swaying robotically to nonexistant rhythmns flashing membership to clubs so exculsive that no one belongs scared shitless witless clueless useless tight fisted tight lipped tight assed half assed ass licking coke sniffing money grubbing ego JABBIN' ass licking coke sniffing money grubbing ego JABBIN' sniffling and goveling moaning and groaning and i think we might have ... for a while the city's all wrapped up in plastic like an electronic cocoon if you lay in the street you can hear it humming filling up slowly from underground if you close your eyes you can observe the blue prints the man-made DNA that spirals breathlessly out of control as synapse collapse bridges snap into a restless utopia UTOPIA (whoa) and i think we might have ... for a while (2x) jesus said lay down your arms jesus said children come home my generation NUTOPIA