One Foot on the Gas, One Foot in the Grave

It's in the air you breathe And it's also in the water It's something you can't see You've been warned of by your mothers You've had enough decei You know enough to see Join the others When you could hardly breathe You were wondering why you bothered And they gave us seven days To renounce our wicked ways Too late to make amends Because we both know how this ends So do the right thing or do nothing (What will you do when they come for you?) Or just do what is easier (What will you do when they come for you?) That is what I read what I swear they said to me Nine times out of ten they lied to me And after all they had the gall to say "Son, no one will save you now" We want it, they got it They claim we'll die without it But something tells me they are wrong So what will you do when they call Your name and you're not ready to go? Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know That you're in too deep and you Can't quite keep your secrets, one and all We might just make it after all, on our own We might just make it after all But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made And they gave us seven days to renounce our wicked ways Too late to make amends because we both know how this ends Started with six or seven, moved on to eight or nine (What will you do when they come for you?) Nobody seemed to notice, nobody seemed to mind (What will you do when they come for you?) Little miss dismiss can't miss like a detuned radio I cannot believe you when you tell me what you know And nothing will be broken if your house is made of stone But you will know as I do it will never be a home We want it, they got it They claim we'll die without it But something tells me they are wrong So what will you do when they call Your name and you're not ready to go? Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know That you're in too deep and you Can't quite keep your secrets, one and all We might just make it after all, on our own We might just make it after all But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made It's in the air you breathe and it's also in the water It's something you can't see, you've been warned of by your mothers You've had enough deceit, you know enough to see Join the others When you could hardly breathe, you were wondering why you bothered Too late to make amends because we both know how this ends So what will you do when they call Your name and you're not ready to go? Everyone will stare at you and tell you what you know That you're in too deep and you Can't quite keep your secrets, one and all We might just make it after all, on our own We might just make it after all But we had one foot on the gas and one foot in the grave Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made Everyone was laughing when we said we had it made