strangers tempt my soul with promises of candy they lure me into alleys, worlds unknown sweet enticements never outgrown their voices chanting rhythmic code body swaying to and fro a trancelike state begins to grow gaining control slips from my hold still the voices drone still the voices go on and on still the voices drone still the voices go... vying for the gold power struggles start to unfold i won't be shanghai'd by their prose while hunters stand poised words like white noise still the voices drone still the voices go on and on still the voices drone still the voices go... claiming victory silence falls too easily just when i think i'll soon be free they subjugate me suffocate me still the voices drone still the voices go on and on still the voices drone still the voices go...