Assured Mutual Destruction

Conflict

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...