Curses Honororum Lyrics - Singles - If Hope Dies

separated, compartmentalized 

these are the dreary days 

of our lives 

screened out, and filed away 

locked into drawers 

of human decay 

forced to live 

wall to wall 

bodies stacked from 

floor to ceiling 

this is not life but 

subsistence that 

we are feeling 

given barely enough 

so as not to make waves 

convinced to fight 

amongst eachother 

our brothers and sisters 

just to make wage 

these scraps of social progress 

are given to us to fabricate the 

illusion of success 

distractions to eat up 

our time 

when slavery wasn't so subtle 

and we didn't have 

american dreams to keep 

us from waking the 

exploitation was more 

plain to see 

instead of recognizing the state 

in which we find ourselves 

our attention is diverted 

fingers pointing in 

the wrong directions 

blame has shifted focus from 

the wealthy to those 

struggling alongside us 

we are trapped 

in this cage 

convinced we're 

the players 

when we are 

the played 

tell yourself it won't change 

how much value do values retain 

when the measure of a person 

is his willingness to use violence 

for his own personal gain? 

we remain trapped in stasis 

masses fight and struggle 

vying for small priviledge 

the rich continue to grow fat 

as we carry the weight 

upon our backs 

there must be a path more fullfilling 

other than the "choice" we've been given 

between whether to rule or be ruled 

give in to the strain 

and be consumed