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As mind believes the existence Of illusory persistence An instance of incoherence Appears in the distance The paradox grows and festers Rooted in our definitions Abstract overtakes cognition (Beware of beliefs, convictions deceive) Eliminating the improbable Emanates from fear of the unknown Truth is meant to be left alone Subvert the sublime redesigned This contamination has spread Corrupting vagrant intellect Yet they defend it and pretend To awaken is to introspect If you justify the extreme As faith meant to be Go on, dig yourself two graves One in reality, one for your dream Scenic substance reprograms The brain to perceive it as such A cunning ruse, the sages' muse Empires fall in a day Built in hundreds of years The old cliché, on replay (Beware of beliefs, convictions deceive) Assimilating the improbable Alleviates fear of the unknown Truth is meant to be left alone Subvert the sublime, redefine the divine This conflagration has spared None but the most insolent Yet they remain and so retain The audacity to claim innocence If you justify the extreme As faith meant to be Go on, dig yourself two graves One in reality, one for your dream