Divided by Self Hypnosis Lyrics

I no longer speak
For words are only twisted and misunderstood
And argued down by the many
Who possess agendas but not facts
Lately, I do not even observe
As doing so I am left no alternative
But to sink into despair
At what we have become

What is right?
Nothing is right
Taken by the right
Stripping us of health and well-being
Now we pay to stay alive

On the one side
Petulant trolls and bigots
And against them
The outraged and offended
Neither achieves a single thing
Nothing detrimental to their foe
Just further inconvenience and sadness
For the rational man
What is left?
Nothing is left
Taken by the left
Our right to speak, to joke
Or step outside the diverging lines

Sometimes I cannot blame my enemy
When such atrocities against the will
Are perpetuated by those I know are real
Are they influenced or influencers?

Why are these already over-loud voices
Amplified and fuelled?
The leeches need new content
To draw the naive in
To further the spread of misery
The contagion of despair

We've lost the middle ground
Only extremists remain
And those who are sane
Are fighting a losing battle

My enemy paints you as my enemy