It's much harder to be a Steppenwolf when there are so many fakes, but a real one, even in Hesse's day, would have had to prove it to the Steppenwolf in the mirror each morning. Every technological or pharmaceutical advance presents awesome opportunities for moral regression, while the importance of anxiety and convalescence for creative people can hardly be overstated. Fall over the edge and you're dead, shy too far from it and you can't live.
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The truth is out there
Pol Pot knew what plastic's really for
Sensory information isn't valid anymore
The right way to talk about this
After some years of therapy
Awaken the new man
Death of a friendship leave you sick
Death of a friendship
He upset your mind, that's an injury
You can make a steady wage now
Pills apps & counselors address the need
With a new line weekly
Plug in, I've got your update here
It's a virtual autocracy
We never saw as much
Of each other as TV
Just don't take my drugs go head and have my liberties
No need to gather no more
The biggest threat's the penniless
Distrusting their live feed