Override! from Canvas by Darko

So absorbed in social scores
I owe you an apology for everything that you endured
Selfishly, I couldn’t see
I was no spanner in the works - merely a cog in the machine

When data is obsolescent
Override!

Your youth is not you, just a beta test with sketchy views
But still, it whirrs away at night.
Are you out there? Are you alright?
Now I see, no matter if we were allies or at odds
To laugh along and throw those words around was wrong

Override!
Looking back with open eyes
I was everything I now despise
Wish someone I looked up to had taken me aside to set me straight and say "What's wrong with being that way?"

So absorbed in social scores
I owe you an apology, for everything that you endured
Selfishly, I couldn’t see
I was no spanner in the works, merely a cog in the machine

Hiding away in denial
What sort of life is that for a child?

Looking back with open eyes
I was everything I now despise
Even in a different time
To let that shit slide
Was moronic, out of line

And if it didn’t mean that much to you
I still contributed to enforcing a taboo

Preprogrammed pretentious pride
Tonight we have to override!
Downloaded virus, damaged drives
Friends don’t shut your eyes
We have to override!

Looking back with rapid eyes
I was somebody that I don’t recognise
Wish someone I looked up to had taken me aside
To set me straight and say "What's wrong with being gay?”

Preprogrammed pretentious pride
We have to override!
Downloaded virus, damaged drives
Friends don’t shut your eyes
We have to override!

• A Wilhelm Scream
• Melodic hardcore
• Propagandi
• Punk
• Strung Out
• Technical Melodic Punk