I'm flesh and blood stretched over a steel frame

I'm a simple program, broken record, bound and trained

two eyes stare straight but cannot see

kept alive but forbid to breathe

a warning label, product harmful if ingested

herbicides, yellow fives, insecticides kill me from inside

created in laboratories, processed to death in factories

this is where we split in two

you'll grow fat and I'll stay hungry

you'll pay attention too when the cross hair's lining up on you

I renounce number and rank

tore them out

withdrew from the race, rewired

pulled it apart with these pliers

the insides came unglued

the eyes began to focus

the lungs expanded with the truth

these gifts you've given me too delicate to hold

never priced, scanned, bought or sold

from the rooftops we can watch the fires burn

when will they ever learn?

when will they ever learn?