You're Just One Of 'em

'Twas a dark day
And they were closing in
There you lay
Were you awake or sleepin'

Awake you were in bed
They tempted your soul
Floyd ringin' in your head
But your heart had a hole

They came in trickling
But you didn't stop the flow
And soon they were rushing
Blow after blow

You too went numb
And comfortably so
Did you know you'd succumb
That you could stoop so low?

You aint no martyr
You didn't fight the tide
You're just one of 'em, sir
'Twas too soon that you lost sight

Freedom

All individuals are unique. But are they? They are definitely born unique – each one different with varied beliefs and skills. They seem unique at first glance; different upbringings, diverse neighborhoods, different attitudes and holding distinctive positions in society.

In fact it is like that only in the very beginning. That’s how we all were. Each one of us was free. Free to be what we wanted to be, to do what we wanted to do and to think and speak what we felt was right.

But then things begin to change. And it all happens so silently. Like the shadow of the night silently creeping over the sun at twilight. It creeps in slowly but with an underlying sense of finality.

It grips you. Ever so slightly in the beginning. Yet firmly. And by the time you realize (if you ever do) it is way too late. It is simply too difficult. So difficult to break those shackles and be free again.

The light dims. It is very difficult to see the light. It takes way too much effort. It is so much easier to close your eyes and submit to the darkness. To become numb. To be overcome. To accept. You cease to live. The beautiful life is replaced by mere existence. And you accept.

Acceptance reigns supreme. You accept illusion as reality. Falsehood as truth. Darkness as light. The resistance is long gone. Forgotten. Stored away in the dark recesses of your conscience. Your scruples have been silenced; an eerie silence which is so muted that it is screaming to be free. But you are too deaf to hear it. You are too weak to oppose. So you accept. And strive to make others accept, to become numb and deaf, forcing them with every move to exchange their individuality, their ego for acceptance.

Society - a faceless entity, a collective social beast where individuals must give up the very essence that defines them in order to “fit in”. The chastity of your self is corrupted and your originality compromised. You have drowned in society and your individuality is dead. Your uniqueness is diluted to such an extent that even you cannot recognize yourself. Now that you accept, you have become a part of society.

The only way to think in society is the way the society wants you to think; not how you want to think. To be what is acceptable rather than what you want to be. Society sets the limits and the scope of your existence.

Society lets you exist. To live, you must fight. Fight, not with your fists but with your soul. Fight to think and to dream. Fight to be free of the yoke and to realize and fulfill your aspirations. To live life the way you want to. To be FREE.