we've all become cattle see they're leading us to the slaughter house
hear the shots of their bolt gun, i think id rather tie my own noose
why are we letting them keep us so complacent as they profit
see we're eating up their poisons while our cancer pads their pockets
they profit from spreading religion while funding both sides of war
our power in numbers has weakened, they keep the cattle herds torn
they've created the power of money and control the worlds banks
if you try to run away their barbed wire lacerates your flanks
the whole planets set for slaughter they're blinded of their doom by greed
cattle please look up from grazing they've planted death with every seed
look the field's turning red before us, our future it bleeds and bleeds
now we have to work to change our path before we're all dead, i plead

chorus- yeah its awesome to breathe i sorta like being in this body
but i don't feel like i can go on in this fucked society
so im taking the plunge and severing the veins, watch the blood drain
yeah not from my arms but from the chords tying me to the machine
my friends listen to me i'm promising autonomy's not dead
i can almost taste it, got this flawless escape plan in my head

we're taught success means slaving for the rich until our lives are spent
we'll go to school take out loans get a shitty job to pay our rent
i ask do you find happiness by striving for these made up goals
or does all this shit feel meaningless like it's tearing up your soul
their evil runs deep, find their tentacles in every thing we do
don't listen to all their lies and ads they're trying to brain wash you
sever these limbs as you find them one by one until none remain
don't fall for their promises, from their petty temptations refrain
if your actions support the one percent it's time they got the boot
the only way out is to follow everything back to its roots
so many suck our lives away to nurture these huge corporate weeds
i wont let them smother my garden, i've planted hope with my seeds

chorus - yeah its awesome to breathe i sorta like being in this body
but i don't feel like i can go on in this fucked society
so im taking the plunge and severing the veins, watch the blood drain
yeah not from my arms but from the chords tying me to the machine
my friends listen to me i'm promising autonomy's not dead
i can almost taste it, got this flawless escape plan in my head

as long as we're still breathing it is not to late to change our way
believe me there are ways we can stick it to the man every day
use their money against them buy local and support small business
use all natural products, homeopathic medicines bring bliss
serve up some local farm stand veggies and some cruelty free meat
yeah without their steady income big corporations can be beat
steer away from fossil fuels other technologies do exist
like solar and wind power hydroelectric you get the gist
so watch your rent go down the drain or put it into your own land
freed from your dependency, the power was always in your hands
i hope it happens in our lifetime watch their castles turn to sand
in the mean time i'll be farming and spreading the word through this band

chorus- yeah its awesome to breathe i sorta like being in this body
but i don't feel like i can go on in this fucked society
so im taking the plunge and severing the veins, watch the blood drain
yeah not from my arms but from the chords tying me to the machine
my friend, if you feel like you are going down the wrong path, turn back
distractions help us cope but the time has come to pick up the slack
if you feel disdain for the repercussions of your actions, change
remember you hate them, not yourself, these are not one in the same
their greed fuels this evil existence, it is not you that should hang
if we stop supporting these wealthy pigs, they will loose their own game
my friends listen to me i'm promising autonomy's not dead
i can almost taste it, got this flawless escape plan in my head