"The Latest Trend"

I've heard the same phrase about a million times
And everyone thinking they're so clever that it came to mind
But you stole from the same source, and of course
You claim it as your own

And everybody starts to sound like parakeets
Boasting by means of someone's more substantial feats
But plagiarized, so as to hypnotize
People into thinking it's your own

Yeah, and I know that everything is borrowed
Not everything we think is true
But I'd rather sample than just steal a chorus
And regurgitate it back to you

Think for yourself, think for yourself
Before long you start to look like everybody else
In the crowd, not yourself
Before long you start to look, start to look

Around at what's new, what's hip, what's it
But it's all been rehashed, you make it counterfeit
So why stoop so low, to try to show
The world just what you're worth

There's got to be something more than all of this
Outside the box, the language of convenience
And all the phrases that we throw around
No clue just what the words are worth

Yeah, and I know that everything is borrowed
Not everything we think is true
We came into this story in the middle
And what's next, we're all pointing to

So think for yourself, think for yourself
Before long you start to look like everybody else
In the crowd, not yourself
Before long you start to look, start to look

For the next thing
Like you're searching
Wandering aimlessly

In a way, being told
What to think
And I think it's really getting old
Yeah I think we're getting way too old
Not to think for ourselves

So think for yourself, think for yourself
You're the only one who thinks like you, and nobody else
So just behave, behave like yourself
Offer up an opinion even when it's not convenient
If it's your own but not spoken like a token, nothing's broken
But just to say it to mean it, and believe it has meaning
And stop streaming ideas that other people are feeding

Just to sound intellectual
And get a thousand likes on facebook