Betrayed

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness."
I saw the best hopes of my generation betray themselves one by one.
"Lost a friend to worry and lost a friend to wealth
Lost a friend to stubborn pride and then I lost myself."
Turned to petty petit-bourgeois pole dancers
A yogi, a jack-the-lad and
An uncontroversial comedian.

In our base
I heard myself talk and knew that we had lost
Saw the stares for
All the new wrong reasons

Yes, idolisation was wrong from the start
But my heroes
Are one step too mad
Or no longer separatists but slaves

There is one that does not betray me
There is one that does not betray me
There is one that does not betray me
There is one that does not betray me
There is one that does not betray me
There is one whom I betray.