Said the skeptic Born and bred negative No peace for the calm collective Theres a cold war coming in 1 2 3 Go Please let me know when its gone Its not really the best of times And all weve got is guided by this light within Ill hold us both until the smoke clears Were suffocating Sick of our society Sick of trying to fit inside a life I cannot lead Sick of always following Sick of trying to be another cog in their machine Sick of running on empty pushing the blame Waiting for tomorrow to save us from today Theres no profit in poverty and Im running on empty Im running on empty running myself into the ground Said the skeptic Born and bred negative No peace for the calm collective Theres a cold war coming in Go I feel the need Its a darkness disease In this dead town lights out The creatures come out in the streets My eyes are burning in this circle of eyes Close the curtain and hide the knife Were stacking up were piling high Weve gone too far to recognize salvation This is civil isolation The bitter truth of the world is fucking sickening Yeah Tear my eyes on your barbed wire facade Divides of color and small talk Medicate for patience Dig up the graves for our saviors Civil isolation Its all gone right to my head Wondering why were not all dead Its safe to say Im not alone in this Theres something deep within we miss Theres a line in the sand that we wont look past A cure for the pain but its out of our grasp If all we love will leave us asking why do we deserve disaster Let me know Please let me know when its gone Its not really the best of times And all weve got is guided by this light within Ill hold us both until the smoke clears Were suffocating Sick of our society Sick of trying to fit inside a life I cannot lead Sick of always following Sick of trying to be another cog in their machine Sick of running on empty pushing the blame Waiting for tomorrow to save us from today Theres no profit in poverty and Im running on empty Im running on empty Im running on empty Running on empty running myself into the ground
sick, running, empty, there, trying