I, I've been lonely

And I, I've been blind

And I,. I've learned nothing

So my hands are firmly tied

To the sinking leadweight

of failure



I've worked hard all my life

Money slips through my hands

My face in the mirror tells me

It's no surprise that I'm

Pushing the stone up the hill

of failure



They tempt me with violence

They punish me with ideals

And they crush me with an image of my

life that's nothing but unreal

Except on the goddamned slaveship

of failure



I'll drown here trying

to get up for some air

But each time I think I breathe

I'm laid on with a double share

of the punishing burden

of failure



I don't deserve to be down here

But I'll never leave

And I've learned one thing

You can't escape the beast

In the null and void pit

of failure



When I get my hands on some money

I'll kiss it's green skin

And I'll ask it's dirty face