Against the Wall

Reach these numbers and beat these odds
We're gonna take each city one by one
Outsell every pop and mom
And keep the local exits filled with thumbs
The price is right in the drop in shelves
We reap the cost of the shit they sell
Stand up, say goodbye, and get six wide
Or they'll be walking into your home

Now they've thrown away our lives
To fill this pool of desperate dreams
Who will carry us above this flood
To a sky of better means?
Will we hold on with all we've got
Or just feed this misery, this misery?

Let their fortress hold us all

Oppression's painted its newest wall
It's on the ones that carry the weight of it all
Misfed, beaten with cloudy teeth
No happy endings, funeral Christmas wreath
Work, work, work with their heads held low
When slavery's the way to show
Children fill the toys with clothes
For a world they'll never know

Now we've thrown away our lives
To fill this pool of desperate dreams
Who will carry us above this flood
To a sky of better means?
Will we hold on with all we've got
Or just feed this misery, this misery?

It's pain, so fucking real, so fucking cold
So fucking real, so cold
They placed a cost on us
They placed a cost on us
They placed a cost on us
And repeated with thoughtful bliss
Their broken bones on us
Their bleeding hearts on us
The newest hit replaced what we all should have known

Now they've thrown away our lives
To fill this pool of desperate dreams
Who will carry us above this flood
To a sky of better means?
Will we hold on with all we've got
Or just feed this misery, this misery?

This misery
This misery, oh