Breadwinner Lyrics - This Sinking Ship - Smoke Or Fire

The road to hell was paved with good intentions 

That's the path that brought me here 

You sell your soul for roles you take 

And then you have to look into the mirror 

So feed us cancer, give us drugs 

Sell us half-ass educations all so we can 

Pick a job to pay the rent 

Forget your dreams and what they may have meant to you in your youth 

Find a bride and raise the kids 

Teach them from mistakes that you have made 

Are we predestined or just well-trained? 

Invent a god and place the blame for all this hurt you feel 

And on and so on 

It feels sometimes so scripted like your life's out of your hands 

A fixed lottery we'll never win 

Not everybody wants to be the angry one 

To sacrifice and make a change 

But everybody wants to find a better way 

I search for that for you 

These things that you love will leave 

We'll bury friends and family 

With these lonely feelings 

These lonely feelings, I think of you 

In my selfishness I waste away 

Act your age and be a man 

With these lonely feelings 

These lonely feelings, I think of you 

And I brace myself 

And it feels sometimes so scripted like your life's out of your hands 

A fixed lottery we'll never win 

Not everybody wants to be the angry one 

To sacrifice and make a change 

But everybody wants to find a better way 

I search for that for you 

And it breaks my heart to see you do this all by yourself 

And I've sworn so many times this year I'd turn things around 

Don't ever let your daughter love a passionate man 

'Cause I hate myself for missing all the times I promised you