A few bars about the frustrations around a certain virus. The original bars are too generic. They don’t stand on their own, you’d be hard pressed to tell what they were about. Because of this, they lack emotional impact. Also, not much wordplay.
The rewritten bars are specific – it’s pretty easy to tell what they’re about. They’re direct, you can feel the frustration just from reading them. And a lot more wordplay.
Original
Taking over unfortunate souls
Lock em down underneath guard and patrol
For your own safety control is required
They get what they subconsciously desire
Rewrite
You don’t wanna die from a virus //
Close your eyelids to every other crisis
Apply the violence under guise of science
Say it’s kindness to require compliance