What It Is

from Always Ready by Conversion Delay

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The morning's latest horror story
On repeat and read as breaking news
A television always on
And echoing into the living room
There's a routine reckoning
Of social fabric saturated red
Appetites for death and drama
Making sure their pockets stay well fed

And it is what it is
So it is

This excess of information
Choose your own allegiance truth and fiction
Endless follow me requests
That capture scrolling eyes but don't exist and
Outstretched hands on every corner
But make sure to comment and to share
End one war to start another
Just as long as it stays over there

Ooh let the punditry explain it all away
Why talk about tomorrow
When we're stuck in yesterday?
More and more it seems division's here to stay
Be it attention spans or cable bills
It's all too much to pay

The sanctity of life is paramount
Until it leaves the womb
Apologies for bringing up
What somehow seems perpetually too soon

But it is what is
So it is

Ooh let the punditry explain it all away
You agreed to all the terms
As soon as you chose to press play
Well it looks as though division's here to stay
Is there something left to salvage here
Or is it much too late?

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from Always Ready, released November 3, 2023

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Conversion Delay Columbus, Ohio

Sebastian // Nick // Nathan // JD

Independent Rock // 614

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