We were born into blood-soaked cities of industry
We were born into blood-soaked cities of industry
Informed of the savagery
The infamy, barbarity of history
Controlled, contrived, and depressed
And attested, and stressed out and vexed
It’s a message we’ve been fed
So we could propagate their system
Of division, inhibition
Viciousness and contradiction
We were suckled on the milk that they soured
Told the future was ours
And then disembowelled and disempowered
We have been disgraced, deafened and deflowered
Our brains brutalized and our defiance devoured
And so now they’re shooting guns and robbing cats
And trying to claw a little back
But when the whole thing shatters
It always starts with a little crack
And then splinters stretching out for miles
Pointing fingers at sharp suits with crocodile smiles
But it’s us, we get the blame
Told that life is all exchange
Told that we are the children of capital
That we are the children of apathy
That we are the children of this rapidly changing reality
But look, I say we learnt it from them
From their rules and their ways
Their legitimate businesses deceive and disgrace
Look we learn it from them
From their rules and their ways
Their legitimate companies deceive and disgrace
While us, we do what we can
Because we live in this place
Where the truth can’t be seen in the face