Thinking Outside The Machine Project

We are all like squares,
The pink romance I know is like round balloons, but we’re pointy and not well rounded. Reach out, you’ll get pricked,
Our cranky sharp society; stuck in a box, like a stop sign.
We’re so crooked and chipped.

Nemo Nemo by Choi Yena

I’m the bright lights, I’m the feature
I’m a spacehead, I’m a creature
I’m a lover, I’m a fable
I’m the glutton at your table
Tap dancing, dancing in the tapestry
Last standing, gasping for relief
A fracture in the fantasy
Space elevator, serendipity
Once more repeat it back to me
My answer to the apathy
Up, front, back to the balcony
Get lit
Everybody had a good time
Everybody had a good time
Everybody had a good time
Better yet, I’m getting mine
Everybody had a good laugh
Laughed until we cried

Good Time by Cage the Elephant

Stuck in this paradigm
Don’t believe in paradise
This must be what Hell is like
There’s got to be more, got to be more
Sick of this head of mine
Intrusive thoughts, they paralyze
Nirvana’s not as advertised
There’s got to be more, been here before.

Saturn by SZA

The caged bird sings for freedom.

Maya Angelou

Nezha Prime

Warframe

Who do you think you are?
Why are you hanging my heart and shaking it?
It’s making me dizzy
If I’m a troublemaker, then why?
Why do you always ask questions?
Oh I, oh I, oh I, as I hurry
Oh I, oh I, oh I, I’m getting lame at this

Uh, I’m a child
I can’t be the person you want
Have a good night
No need for a lullaby
It’s my question, many questions
Who am I in others’ eyes?
Who am I? Who I’ll be?
Different nights, same nightmare

Why, why, why kill my night?
By the night you destroyed, I think I’ll get hurt
Blah, blah, blah, y’all talk too much
Don’t waste my time
That’s enough

Child by Mark Lee

The answer is always in my heart…
Why is it that I chose you?
You’ve been picked by the unstoppable Lady Fate,
but I believe that just imitating is boring
You’ll be all right!I’ll only feel the things that I’m feeling
It’s an adventure, right, right!? In a world where truth changes into lies
I’m going to get stronger because I have a dream, not for anyone else.

Anonymous

Nightmare

A morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky,
I think about it every night and day,
Spread my wings and fly away,
I believe I can soar,
I see me running through that open door,
I believe I can fly,
I believe I can fly.

R. Kelly

Kiss your perfect day goodbye

Guns For Hire by Woodkid

Hold my hand until we turn to ashes
Love me til they put me in my casket
I got all these feelings that I’m maskin’

Nights Like This by the Kid Laroi

Punk is not really a style of music. It was more like a state of mind.

Mike Watt

They tell you while you’re young
“Girls, go out and have your fun”
Then they hunt and slay the ones who actually do it
Criticize the way you fly
When you’re soaring through the sky
Shoot you down and then they sigh
And say, “She looks like she’s been through it”

Nothing New by Taylor Swift

If I told her that I loved you
You’d maybe think there’s something wrong
I’m not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one.

Shape of My Heart by Sting

Feet don’t fail me now
Take me to the finish line
Oh, my heart it breaks every step that I take
But I’m hoping that the gates, they’ll tell me that you’re mine
Walking through the city streets
Is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on the Friday nights
Can you make it feel like home if I tell you you’re mine?
It’s like I told you, honey (louder)

Born to Die by Lana Del Rey

Not all monsters fear the light’s gaze, so potent and strong, some do not fear to strike in a river of calm; a field of watching eyes.

Monsters in the Light by Tetiana V.