Tied down by narrow minds,
Cut one down and another's in line,
Cracks open up in the pavement,
and swallow us whole.
Another day, grinding our lives away,
another day in the system.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
Stand in silence, stand alone,
The demagogue laughing on his throne.
Blindly obey as we are prone to.
Automaton humanity.
Tied down by narrow minds,
Cut one down and another's in line,
Cracks open up in pavement,
and swallow us whole.
Pray to your gods.
Do they hear you?
Pray to your gods.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
I wasn't born to be a slave. Wasn't just raised to behave.
I'll never just fade away. The machine won't take me down.
The machine won't take me down.
Automaton humanity.
credits
from Compromises,
released October 13, 2017
Recorded and produced by Braden Groundwater.
Mixed and mastered by Lance Prenc.
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