How many innocent lives must we waste before we set aside our pride for something greater?

And why must we remain beholden those who measure our value in dollars?

Look me in the eye and tell me you've gotten what you were promised

I can tell you right now what you'll say

You'll pause when you see these prices

Concede once you've run the numbers

In time you'll come around to reason

You'll know what's at stake when you've held it

Look the other way and for what?

Uphold control and for what?

Lock up the fortune for what?

How much time do you even have left?

You'll pause when you see these prices

Concede once you've run the numbers

In time you'll come around to reason

You'll know what's at stake as you grasp it

And what about those unburdened by the weight of this responsibility?

And what about those ignorant of who they've been prescribed to serve?

Look me in the eye and tell me they're wrong to follow their human instinct

Look me in the eye and tell me you don't sometimes miss yours