Future Imperfect

from Fruit of the Steel Tree 2.0 by The Prodigal Sounds

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We live in a world of inequity
Where some die of hunger, and some learn to fly
We welcome tomorrow, and look to a future
Safe and secure, in cities that reach for the sky

Well it's tense in the present, and the future's imperfect
Our vision obscured by the stars in our eyes.
We entered the Race, advanced with technology
Listening to voices of reason, telling us why

We live in the 21st Century,
and sometimes I feel that we shouldn't have tried
Every day we get to live with our legacy
Reflecting in windows of buildings and blinding our eyes

Mixing the media, and framing the news
the picture they're painting says everything's fine
but look through the cracks, to the fault of society
the closer you look the more puppets on strings you will find

Wake up from the dream, and it's back to reality
The state wants to know if we wish to complain?
They've got our description, and left us with memories
of spies in our bedroom, pulling at springs in our brains

It's tense in the present The future's imperfect
Our vision obscured by the stars in our eyes
We stay in the race, enslaved in technology
Silencing voices of reason, questioning why?

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from Fruit of the Steel Tree 2.0, released December 11, 2017

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The Prodigal Sounds Novato, California

Melodic progressive rock songs and instrumentals, 70's influence but a product of the dystopian Now.

"Very smooth, hi-tech sounding delivery..." - Chris Jemmett, alt.music.yes

"..on a rare occasion you just have to conclude that the prog world should be feasting upon the birth of a new and promising act. That's exactly the case with this album."
- Theo Verstrael, DPRP.net ... more

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