Prayed for sleep but instead we got death
Prayed for peace but instead we got debt
Insurance couldn’t cover damages like this
Angel’s indebted to a serpentine’s kiss
I awoke with the weight of the world on my chest
I bear the weight of my forefather’s stress
You act like it’s normal to feel this depressed
It’s just a symptom of a system that is broken
We live in a world full of doors that won’t open
We’re playing Russian roulette with guns fully loaded
We’re told constantly to play the game and act our age
But someone else is telling me what I deserve to make
And I think it’s screwed up there’s no room for mistakes
And I think that the working class deserves a living wage
And I think my parents deserve to afford a vacation
And I think opinions like mine deserve validation

We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine
We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine

In a country hellbent on preventing school shootings
We sure focus too much on what tools their using
Instead of what their parents and schools are teaching
And what ideals our society is preaching
“Be a big man, buy a gun and a truck”
“If she says no, rough her up”
It’s reasons like this why things are so screwed up
Patriarchy dooms us all straight from the cuff
“Look at what she’s wearing, what a slut”
“Look, a short skirt, she likes it up the butt”
There’s no respect for fellow human beings anymore
We’re taught every girl we see is a potential score
And I’ll be the first to admit I’ve thought like that
But I’d give every song I’ve written to take it back
Cuz you better believe I regret those acts
And the stigmas I perpetrated by doing that
We’ve got a long way to go from where we’re at
But if we check our privilege at the door we’ve got a chance
I’m not telling you to kumbaya and hold hands
I’m just saying you should get pissed and take a stance

We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine
We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine

College loan interest rates are nearly at 5%
This is what we get for trying to get an education
And the unemployment rate is inflated
This is what we get for trying to work off the debt
Eleven years later and we’re still in Iraq
This is what we get for our oil dependence
And now they want to make it illegal to feed the homeless
This is what we get for trusting a government

We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine
We’re raised in a society with high anxiety
Down with this system that runs on greed
These corporations will work you till you bleed
At the end of the day you’re just a cog in the machine