Lead the burden across my shoulders Pour the effluent on thick Placate, sedate, eradicate Am I worthy to carry the weight? Wage a war on my prone feelings Anaesthetised and numb Placate, sedate, eradicate Strangely calm when I should be enraged Placate, sedate Placate, sedate Eradicate Don't befriend the silver screen As long as others face / firing lines Recline, relax take it / in your stride Be the voyeur Tamed by rabid entertainers Engrossed in real life hell Placate, sedate, eradicate Only observing - I'm exempt