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All this time you've been chained to the wheel

You're so numb you forgot how to feel

Sold yourself for a nine to five

For false futures you peddled your life

Now they have you in a stranglehold

"Do as we say or die in the cold"

Break your will on the grinding stone

Taking your mind body and soul

Empty heart, empty life

Slave to the bottom line

Tell me why even try

As you wait to die

Why can't you see you're being used?

By your hand you tied your own noose

Choking on lies you tell yourself

To justify this living hell

Empty heart, empty life

Slave to the bottom line

Tell me why even try

As you wait to die

Fall back in line

I can see the light leave your eyes

With the ghost of your misspent time

Knowing only regret and shame

When you're gone who will know your name

Empty heart, empty life

Slave to the bottom line

Tell me why even try

As you wait to die

All you were, all you are

Only worth the bottom line

Tell me why even try

As you wait to die