Caught in between an overwhelming sense of duty And the instinct to survive Forced into an twisted chain of daily tortures A perilous compromise Coiled into machine-like tension Told to ignore grueling symptoms Birthed to slave To toil in redundancy Taught to behave To appreciate hypocrisy Welcoming the sweet release of stupefied intoxication Finally numbing the aches of daily blood work Kneeling down before the kings of stable economics Kissing the ring on the hand of the chief executive god Your desire for free will is unproductive Your frustration with your life is irrelevant Work yourself down to the bone to produce nothing Give yourself unto the system till you die Unless you take it back Why do we bear subjugation And never dare to react? Allow our lives to be purchased With riches made off our backs Work hard, and save our nation Lies told keep us controlled Meanwhile we grow our knowledge The truest power we hold