Out to Get You

Don't look behind you

Try to play it cool

They'll never find you

Just obey these basic rules

You're so suspicious

Of what you don't know

Their motives are surreptitious

According to that show

You're so selective

In what you believe

It's all subjective

As far as you can see

You think they're all out to get you

I think you might be kind of paranoid

But if they ever finally catch you

You know I'll thank you for the schadenfreude

You think they're listening

To every word you say

It's not that interesting

I'm sorry to have to say

What makes you so important

In your own mind?

Believing an assortment

Of second-hand headlines

It might be worth a mention

For you to realize

They have their own agendas

For selling you these lies

You think they're all out to get you

I think you might be kind of paranoid

But if they ever finally catch you

You know I'll thank you for the schadenfreude

Reality's really not up to you

Nor is it popular opinion

We need a universal truth

A secular religion

A certain set of facts

Upon which we can agree

To keep society intact

And set everyone free

I think we'll call it science

We'll make the most of it

It doesn't require compliance

In order to exist

You think they're all out to get you

I think you might be kind of paranoid

But if they ever finally catch you

You know I'll thank you for the schadenfreude

I hope you understand

Or even empathize

We're all just human

Beings trying to get by

Don't believe everything you read

Or see upon your screen

Recognize basic need

And know what it means

We all want the same things

To live a good life

So don't fear changing

And open up your blinds

You think they're all out to get you

I think you might be kind of paranoid

But if they ever finally catch you

You know I'll thank you for the schadenfreude

© 2021 Zach Sands, PhD