pry open your eyes, take a look around

is this what you dreamed of

where you hope to rot (your life away)

clock into your death

days and weeks all blur together

everyday the same routine

repetition slaps me in the face

you've locked me out of life

ask me to die with a smile

how can i take pride?

while my placement sits on file

sell your soul for a life of debt

there's more to life than dying (wasting away)

life is short when you die for, someone else

this is my life, its the one thing they can't take

ambition robbed for your profit

ambition robbed for your pocket

selling myself short - no more!

it's time to make a change - today!

and you expect me to smile

with a knife stuck in my back

i won't let you bleed me dry

life is more than numbers on a check.