Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Native
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Benjamin Andrew
Composer
Charlie Noordewier
Composer
Fergus Segrove
Composer
Harry Youngs
Composer
Thomas Booth
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Cornfield
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
In hope that it'll lead to liberty
The collar chafes, but you choose
Decadence and new shoes over freedom
Freedom from the greed
[PreChorus]
This world ain't always kind
To the dog that bites
[Chorus]
All my life
[Verse 2]
We play the game of fortune
For the tiniest proportion
Is to be free of money really to be free?
Monday comes 'round too soon
I don't know how I'm gonna get through the next twelve hours
Of my sixty-hour week
[PreChorus]
This world ain't always kind
To those hungry eyes
[Chorus]
All my life
[Bridge]
I just wanna be whole and I don't wanna deny
I've been running my whole damn life
If you're not gonna live, then you will never be free
Prisoner of your greed
What's a penny worth if for second of pain?
When your pockets are full of change
Keep on counting your blessings till the fat lady sings
'Cause this life is a fickle thing
I just wanna be whole and I don't wanna deny
I've been running my whole damn life
Won't you bury your soul for another day
Just to do it again and again and again?
Don't you tell me I'm living, don't you tell me I'm free
Don't you tell me how I should grieve
I just want you to know that I'm gonna fly
And I've been running my whole damn life
I just wanna be whole and I don't wanna deny
I've been running my whole damn life
Won't you bury your soul for another day
Just to do it again and again and again?
Don't you tell me I'm living, don't you tell me I'm free
Don't you tell me how I should grieve
I just want you to know that I'm gonna fly
And I've been running my whole damn life
[Outro]
(I've been running my whole damn life)
(My whole damn life)
(I've been running my whole damn life)
Written by: Benjamin Andrew, Charlie Noordewier, Fergus Segrove, Harry Youngs, Thomas Booth
