All this time you've been chained to the wheel
You're so numb you forgot how to feel
Sold yourself for a nine to five
For false futures you peddled your life

Now they have you in a stranglehold
Do as we say or die in the cold
Break your will on the grinding stone
Taking your mind body and soul

Empty heart, empty life
Slave to the bottom line
Tell me why even try
As you wait to die

Why can't you see you're being used?
By your hand you tied your own noose
Choking on lies you tell yourself
To justify this living hell

Empty heart, empty life
Slave to the bottom line
Tell me why even try
As you wait to die

Fall back in line

I can see the light leave your eyes
With the ghost of your misspent time
Knowing only regret and shame
When you're gone who will know your name

Empty heart, empty life
Slave to the bottom line
Tell me why even try
As you wait to die
All you were, all you are
Only worth the bottom line
Tell me why even try
As you wait to die