Option of Sanity

When every act is sacrilege And every word is blasphemy, And the shroud of your suffrage Is just a veil for your vanity -- I choose to disengage from it all I choose the option of sanity When the voices on the fringe Crowd the cries of free dissent, And the door to thought becomes unhinged In a room of one's own argument -- I choose to disengage from them I choose the option of sanity I didn't know -- I didn't know I had a choice I never realized I could choose silence over my own voice When the shoulders that bear the sky Shrug at last and let it fall, And it all collapses before our eyes Like a jet plane striking towers tall -- I choose to disengage from you I choose the option of sanity.