constant stalemate
peeling back fingernails
selling blood for
used car lot chemicals
lavish plastic
as ashphalt pumps in our veins
hollow heart beats
we're ghosts in oily rags
caustic rat trap
waking up every day
falling into
solemn quicksand routines
eating glass shards
waiting for light to fade
this breach birthed system
breeds mired time decay
self defeated
the anger swells
this concrete jungle's
a living hell
the rats will come for you
free from their cages
while you're lost in complacency
no hope
toxic contest
for saturated affection
electric embrace
a gruesome docile display
gilded smokestacks
and alarm clocks with shark teeth
static contact
sunken eyes burn through me
broken mirror
cant remember that specter
our shattered egos
are shadows in shallow graves
ruined seventh empire
fear is our god & currency
cult of cripples
prosthetic growing pains
self defeated
the anger swells
this concrete jungle's
a living hell
the rats will come for you
their hunger rages
while you're lost in your apathy
no hope
we need a new plague
in love with our chains
no hope for mankind
they'll eat us alive
we need a new plague
in love with our chains
no hope for mankind
feed the rats
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