Pointing the blame Just to watch us turn Playing a game That we can't unlearn Head in the clouds To keep us in bounds So we never yearn to come back down You try to hide the motives And play to what we like We focus on the roses And never see the knife It's right under our noses The perfect paradise We followed in the dark Until we saw the light Now We see all the misery And we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all so tired We need something to believe 'Cause we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all re-wired When it come to us and them this ain't no competition Hold up wait a minute, you can tell 'em that I'll never listen Can't take me out like I ain't know the mission Everybody scared don't wanna go against the Coalition I don't need nobody I can save myself Sick of feeling like a number adding to you're wealth You can burn it all down and we'll let it melt Cause we see the facts in the ash that were hidden well You try to hide the motives And play to what we like We focus on the roses And pray for our lives We see all the misery And we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all so tired We need something to believe 'Cause we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all re-wired We see all the misery And we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all so tired We need something to believe 'Cause we plead while we bleed with our hearts on fire Feed the machine till we're all re-wired Feed the machine till we're all re-wired

Turn around, they might be watching And you never disappoint them Hide your innocence before they see right through You mustn't disappoint them You need the danger just to feel your heart beat You need to die just to find your identity You need the knife just to know that you can bleed You need the pain now just to feel anything We fall in line We live the lie Give up, give up and feed the machine It grows inside Nowhere to hide Give up, give up and feed the machine Give up, give up and feed the machine They pull you faster, the cadence calling And you never fall behind So choose a face, you're only crawling now You mustn't fall behind You need another death just to have a life to save You need a master just so you can beg You need a light just because you're so afraid Now bow and learn to be a good slave We fall in line We live the lie Give up, give up and feed the machine It grows inside Nowhere to hide Give up, give up and feed the machine Give up, give up and feed the machine Sleep, shhh Go back to sleep Go back to sleep Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up We fall in line We live the lie Give up, give up and feed the machine It grows inside Nowhere to hide Wake up, wake up and kill the machine Wake up, wake up and kill the machine

Addressing those beneath from high above Convincing his belief for what you love Baiting every hook with filthy lies Another charlatan to idolize Is this suppression just in my mind? (Just in my mind?) No more questions, get back in line! (Just get back in line!) You pay with your life The duller the knife, the longer it takes (The longer it takes) But now it's your turn The ashes will burn, and wither away Leaving your bones out on the stones, picking them clean (Picking them clean) And carving the truth, while harvesting you to feed the machine (To feed the machine) The gears forever turn to grind the mice Will you become the fuel for sacrifice? Power absolutely all for show The piper blows his flute and off you go Is this obsession behind your eyes? (Behind your eyes?) No more questions, get back in line! (Just get back in line!) You pay with your life The duller the knife, the longer it takes (The longer it takes) But now it's your turn The ashes will burn, and wither away Leaving your bones out on the stones, picking them clean (Picking them clean) And carving the truth, while harvesting you to feed the machine (To feed the machine) Why must the blind always lead the blind? (Get back in line! Get back in line!) Why do I feel like the fault is mine? (Get back in line! Get back in line!) Why must the weakest be sacrificed? (Get back in line! Get back in line!) No more questions, get back in line! (Just get back in line!) Pay with your life The duller the knife, the longer it takes (the longer it takes) But now it's your turn The ashes will burn, and wither away (Wither away) Leaving your bones out on the stones, Picking them clean (picking them clean) And carving the truth, while harvesting you to feed the machine (To feed the machine) To feed the machine

Burn the young boy, burn him good (Burn the young boy, burn him good) Wash the crimson stains from the field (Wash the crimson stains from the field) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) Burn the young boy, burn him good (Burn the young boy, burn him good) Wash the crimson stains from the field (Wash the crimson stains from the field) There'll be a god among us, to let the young ones burn There'll be a god among us, to let the young ones burn Burn the young boy, burn him good (Burn the young boy, burn him good) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh) There'll be a god among us, to let the young ones burn There'll be a god among us, to let the young ones burn Aaah! Aaah! (Burn the young boy, burn him good) So the flame can rise (Burn the young boy, burn him good) So the fire will burn (Burn the young boy, burn him good) So the flame can rise Burn the young boy, burn him good

These stairs don't have anywhere to lead you Who cares if you're lost like the others? Don't let anybody step into the circle now Don't let anybody tell you that you're safe All these days gonna pass like a grass fire Don't let anybody tell you that you're safe One of these days I'ma head for the last mile Don't let anybody tell you that you're... These are the eyes that saw them die These are the hands that dug their graves So don't let anybody tell you that you're safe So don't let anybody tell you that you're safe You gotta let go, let go, let (tell your father you ain't coming back) You gotta let go, let go, child (tell your mother that you're gonna die) You gotta let go, let go, let (let them know you're gonna be awhile) You gotta let go, let go Who dares coming in to where I'm standing? The rude stares just as empty as you are Although not everybody died and gone to heaven, child So don't let anybody tell you that you're... All these days gonna pass like a grass fire Don't let anybody tell you that you're safe One of these days I'ma head for the last mile So don't let anybody tell you that you're safe These are the eyes that saw them die These are the hands that dug their graves So don't let anybody tell you that you're safe So don't let anybody tell you that you're safe You gotta let go, let go, let (tell your father you ain't coming back) You gotta let go, let go, child (tell your mother that you're gonna die) You gotta let go, let go, let (and let them know you're gonna be awhile) You gotta let go, let go Tell your father you ain't coming back (let go, let go, let go now) Look at your home for the last time (let go, let go, let) Tell your brother that you're gonna die (let go, let go, let go now) And let them know you're gonna be awhile (let go, let go, let) Tell your father you ain't coming back Look at your home for the last time Tell your brother that you're gonna die But don't let anybody tell you that you're safe You gotta let go, let go, let (tell your father you ain't coming back) You gotta let go, let go, child (tell your brother that you're gonna die) You gotta let go, let go, let (and let them know you're gonna be awhile) You gotta let go, let go