Who is this driving so early in the morning? It is the father and his son on his first day of school.
"Son why do you look so afraid?" "Oh father, don't you see these smiling strangers do not wish me well?" "Son, respect your elders they know best."
"Come with us young boy, we've got a lot of great games we want to play together. There is an entirely different world than your father's we want to show you, full of beauty, fame and riches."
"Father don't you hear? They want to talk me out of my instincts and commonsense." "Hush now, boy. I had to go to school when I was your age. We've all got to go to school."
"Come to school, child, where everyone's a winner regardless of effort, where feelings of importance outweigh the facts, where provocateurs are rewarded and students who stand up for themselves are punished."
"Father! Father! Don't leave me there! They're going to tear me apart! The students are predators and will try to share their drugs, sex and hatred of family with me. The teachers will be insane. They won't listen and will all act out their ancient grudges on me." "My son, education is the price we pay for living in a civilized society."
"You're such a smart student. You're so special with so much potential. You've got to push yourself now to memorize these impractical formulas, revised history and dates. If you do, we promise you'll get a higher paying job and any career you want."
"Father why did you even have kids just to send them away into the hands of monsters?" "Shut up kid! I'm trying to drive! I have to work overtime so that we can live in this city and I don't send you to school just to listen to you complain about it!"
When they got home that night, the father realized that his son was dead inside, the living dead, a zombie, just like him.
Life perversely imitates 200 year old art.
Born into sin, shaped in iniquity.
Erlkonig in English https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtd0Bq1utwc
Erlkonig in modern rock https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq99-RBRun0
