Flayed backs expose raw muscle
Gangrenous wounds dripping red and hosting fungus
They open and close like unsatisfied mouths
Permitted neither speech nor sustenance
You will do the labor that built your empires
And receive naught but avoidance of pain
These backs broke because you wanted more
Now the shredded flesh belongs to you
There is never enough that you can take
There is never enough you can deny others
The pits of want are bottomless
And you seek only to fill your own
There is never enough that you can take
There is never enough you can deny others
The pits of want are bottomless
And you seek only to fill your own
There is never enough that you can take
There is never enough you can deny others
The pits of want are bottomless
And you seek only to fill your own
Your tearing sinews fail you in your Sisyphean task
Pointless and impossible as satiating your greed
Yet you durst not stop, lest you face the whip
For once you are on the side of the powerless
Selfish ideals, grubby hands
Grabbing all they can, pulling strings
Now push the weight of what should be your guilt
You can't buy your way out of hell