I see right through you when you sing it back to me
I read that fine print and I saw you staggering
Regurgitate the %#@! you find in the dirty dreams of a rapist's mind

Congratulate the corpse you drag, put the money in the body bag
Right in front of us
The stop and start machine

You've been singing with the liar's tongue
With every crippled word you said to me
With every fractured breath and broken glare

You were pawning off your babies' debt with a cold paycheck
Abandon what you built
Repair your hope with guilt

There's nothing left here to suffocate
With razor wire arms you reach and miss the throat
There's nothing left to love about this city anymore

The politics and the hired !@^%
Now, save your breath
Now, into your mouth

Did this to yourself
You can't repair the punctured lung
Secrets seep thru the stress cracks

Shut your mouth
I read the fine print
Now, shut your mouth

You did this to yourself
Now shut your mouth and pay the rent
You say it

Like your life depends on believing in your own lie
I see right thru you when you sing it
Sing it back to me

Now, say it like your life depends on believing in your own lie