paroles de chanson Prologue - Jestamang

Paranoia in Washington, D.C.
Riots in major cities protesting the Vietnam War
And an economy struggling to survive under the pressure
Children sit colorlessly in four times four classrooms across America
Attentively listening to broadcasts on nuclear survival
Political parties elect Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy
To smoother societal flames

This turmoil, alongside the overlapping threat of the Cold War
Combines into a stew that personifies the
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

The 1950s is known as the Decade of Conformity
Ironically, the counterculture movement is a major component of the dystopian era
The psychedelic drug LSD rapidly spreads across the West Coast
Creating a variety of change from the rise of the San Francisco Acid Tests
To the way journalism works today

The consumption of magic mushrooms skyrockets
And the propaganda surrounding marijuana is at its highest
Communism and capitalism hold each other by the throat
The tug-of-war between these two ideologies result in a
Historic turning point in our world
The First and Second Red Scare

Joseph McCarthy sits at the helm
Inspiring future playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
To produce Inherit the Wind

Racism and sexism make their ways into politics
Gender roles tie into the era's perception of women
Jobs become available because of skin pigment
This aspect of American history inspires change
In the feeble hearts and minds of the innocent

People speak of an end to this segregation
Calling for a great leader to put out the fires of white people in blue uniforms
In Montgomery, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
This demonstration, with the involvement of the Women's Political Council
And the Montgomery Improvement Association
Leads to the desegregation of busses following the ruling of
Browder V. Gayle

In mental asylums, their patients experience the
Worst form of treatment possible
They struggle against the force of doctors in white shirts
Against the relentless tides of electroshock and hydrotherapy
With no support from the outside world, these people are outcasts
Thrown like dolls beneath the weight of a rapidly changing climate
In this time, homosexuality is still seen as a mental disorder
A fascinating glance into complete immorality

In the Eastern world
American soldiers land on Vietnam for the first time
This involvement changes the way society views war
The country just barely survived the threats of two previous world wars
Wars which were fought on honor, liberty, and bringing justice
To the unjust Nazi Germany

This time, the war is about two ideologies
Imperialism and American exceptionalism
Imperialism is the foreign drive behind this conflict
Whereas American exceptionalism is our homeland coping mechanism

This era, no matter how vile or evil
Still remains to be one of the most fascinating decades of American history
In this time, people begin to doubt God's existence en masse
A spectacle for the aura of today's pastors

However, amidst all this confusion, doubt, and betrayal
The event that brings down civilization doesn't come
From these petty squallers in hindsight
It comes from us

In this universe, America has the militaristic advantage
And the Vietcong become desperate
Generals conspire with Chinese doctors to create a disease
Capable enough to send the American imperialists back to their
Capitalist wasteland

The disease, Project Runway, takes time, money, and struggle to produce
Numerous deaths occur within this esoteric period
Either from elite scientists blackmailing each other
Or betrayal from inner circle members releasing
Classified information to the public

Back home, America grows suspicious of China
J. Edgar Hoover
(Founder of the FBI in 1935)
Sends agent Raleigh DeGeer Amyx to the country via airplane cargo hold
Once there, Amyx settles in Beijing
Where scientists work around the clock on Project Runway
Here, he does whatever he can to uncover secrets

On October 31st, 1967, that opportunity unveils itself
In the form of rouge Chinese hackers
Infiltrating government buildings with an aim to leak all
Classified documents to the public
Amyx steals whatever knowledge he can
And escapes the country through its underground sewage system

Eventually, he reaches Thailand
(America's ally)
Where he boards a ship and returns home
With information as valuable as gold

The government withholds the news from the public
In the fear of causing mass hysteria
The society is already on thin ice
And this leak could be the pick that breaks through the surface

Whistleblowers attempt to become martyrs
But firewalls, passwords, emails written in code
And Fort Knoxesque encryption software prevents hope
Foreign reports are on lockdown
In the battlefield, officers and soldiers lose the right
To send letters back to their loved ones
And concurrently, victory gardens begin dwindling

The Centers for Disease Control
And the World Health Organization work together
In an attempt to find a cure for the virus
However, the genetic data within the virus
Suggests its rapid tendency to mutate
Making it difficult for the alchemists to
Create something from nothing

During this time, Russia formulates
Her own plans for retaliation
Scientists develop an EMP capable to destroy an entire civilization
With these events bleeding into one another
The world becomes quiet in this uncertain time
The smart ones are able to realize the madness
And they abandon their homes for an unknown promised land

Some can't cope with the pressure
Turning guns to their heads and pulling the trigger
Lone blasts echo through lifeless streets
Ricocheting off the edges of a broken present
Others remain blissfully ignorant
Disregarding the kaleidoscope of misinformation and misanthropy
The world engulfs itself in fog, a wave unlike any other
Who can we point the fingers at for this slow crumble

The American Dream is a joke now
The terror and fear turn it into a nightmare
The end of the world doesn't come from a bomb
But from the slow degradation of our morality
Humans act like Gods, destroying and repairing at the snap of a finger
And a few million dollars
The era becomes a funhouse mirror
Dissolving into countless reflections with
Winding and morphing perspectives

How do we get back on our feet after this ends
How do we justify and live with the choices we make
What consequences can arise without contingency

The following pages record the lives of prominent survivors
Who aim to build something they perceive is worth striving for
But in this future, without laws, prisons, or rules
What good can come from these ashes
What bad can come from the fire

A man's greed is as sturdy as the foundations on
Which he built his selfishness
And in this situation
Selfishness becomes a survival tactic
In this Era of Uncertainty
The only constant is devolution