pry open your eyes, take a look around 

is this what you dreamed of 

where you hope to rot (your life away) 

clock into your death 

days and weeks all blur together 

everyday the same routine 

repetition slaps me in the face 

you've locked me out of life 

ask me to die with a smile 

how can i take pride? 

while my placement sits on file 

sell your soul for a life of debt 

there's more to life than dying (wasting away) 

life is short when you die for, someone else 

this is my life, its the one thing they can't take 

ambition robbed for your profit 

ambition robbed for your pocket 

selling myself short - no more! 

it's time to make a change - today! 

and you expect me to smile 

with a knife stuck in my back 

i won't let you bleed me dry 

life is more than numbers on a check.