The Chains That Blind

There’s a knife lodged in my back

I stuck it in there with my own hands

And to be fair, it once put me to sleep

With dreams of the future and how we’ll be alright

Now this machine speaks through the T.V.

It beds in big pockets and feeds on the weak

And I know I can’t help but wonder

Are we divine, or are we all helpless?

Let freedom go

You never had it

Mining for gold

We never found it

Let freedom go

You never had it

Mining for gold

We never found it

Yeah!

We never found it!

You don’t know what my family goes through

You don’t know all my neighbors’ names

You don’t know how this city struggles

You don’t know if the hungry ate

You don’t know why the system’s broken

You only care about our spare change

You don’t know what our sons died for

You only know where their bodies lay, yeah

Alright!

Let freedom go

You never had it

Mining for gold

We never found it

We never found it