The Dark Side of American Exceptionalism

Keeping up appearances
When no Joneses ever existed
Untended consequences for all
Six point seven billion of us

Putting away the childish things
From elaborate mental exercises
About what if?
Living the dream of American night terrors

After one hundred percent the rest is pure
Waste
A new world order built from
Fewer cardboard boxes from Chinese factory towns

Less garbage of unnecessary fake ass luxury
Less keeping up with fake ass peers
Less time to kill yourself working
In your own psychosis of misunderstandings

Bigger and faster
Better and much more expensive
We built it up and we tear it down
Riding donkeys and pummeling clowns