Bacchanale Lyrics - Information Society

In an age of video wallpaper and aural anesthesia, 

Music has become a prostitute. 

No longer is it a gift from the gods; 

It has become a pacifier, 

a tranquilizer, 

and a tool. 

A tool to protect us from loneliness, 

to entice us to buy 

and to keep us from seeing 

how bad things have become. 

At one time, 

music was a vital experience, 

it was physical, 

emotional, 

almost religious. 

Today music is just 

one more device 

used by the new sun 

called civilization 

to control itself.