MORPHEUS

Let me tell you why you are here.

You have come because you know

something. What you know you can't

explain but you feel it. You've

felt it your whole life, felt that

something is wrong with the world.

You don't know what, but it's there

like a splinter in your mind,

driving you mad. It is this feeling

that brought you to me. Do you know

what I'm talking about?

NEO

The Matrix?

MORPHEUS

Do you want to know what it is?

Neo swallows hard and nods.

MORPHEUS

The Matrix is everywhere, it's all

around us, here even in this room.

You can see it out your window or on

your television. You feel it when

you go to work, or go to church or

pay your taxes. It is the world

that has been pulled over your eyes

to blind you from the truth.

NEO

What truth?

MORPHEUS

That you are a slave, Neo. Like

everyone else, you were born into

bondage, kept inside a prison that

you cannot smell, taste, or touch.

A prison for your mind.