Assured Mutual Destruction

The ritual advances have been made, now flesh is bared as though it is a solution to the fear and confusion

Dancing in chessboard rigidity, to meet the requirements of ancient codes and traditions, the never altered positions

A fleeting sense of security, from being held tightly, until the camouflage drops and the tenderness stops

The well-rehearsed statements have been made, now it's red lights all the way

In deathly silence, a hint of sniggering violence

Reinforcing the roles, in a doomed situation

Protector and protected, rejecter and rejected

And there on a video, a simulated sex show

To keep us smiling through, to tell us what to do

And when a body falls back in surrender with both eyes

Blood on your fingers and a broken prize

By averting your eyes it isn't seen

By turning your head, you keep it clean

And proud of your achievement, success is yours

As you slip into a position and a thousand hands applaud

Passion stops as a record drops it says - "Love has come at last"

And you wipe away your splattered pride because it came too fast

So there's the pleasure, but where's the dignity?

Is it in your performance with your smile of insincerity?

The coming retaliation is a deadly situation

When the feelings mutual, assured destruction...