Reptile & Vinegar

Drag me underneath, pulling teeth, kicking, screaming Please, it can't be this easy just to smother me When honestly, I need some consistency I'm just going back and forth between all the things keeping me buried Try to keep my head down and just stay inside my lane But as it all gets worse at every single turn You get accustomed to the pain Claw and scratch as they fight for the fucking scraps Let 'em pray and beg and think that you know best Let 'em line up and confess as you take what little's left As you lead us to our death in more pointless wars that don't make sense Drag me underneath lock and key Stuck in the American dream I pray to God on my knees And I beg him to take this thorn from me Are we all really okay with less? Do we feel like we deserve this? It's just thoughts and prayers to a silent god and the leaders who forgot us There is no karma, no justice, just the level of shit we put up with Not a promise, just a sales pitch, so you can gut us and stay rich We're all gutted, make a new stitch All hail to the gods over a broken people We're born to be enslaved, and we're all fearful and hateful If I were you, I'd be embarrassed to say The world I made was such a broken, pathetic waste If I were you, I'd be embarrassed to say The world I made was such a broken, pathetic waste