Devi McCallion - Grinding Machine lyrics
[Devi McCallion - Grinding Machine lyrics]
Don't blame yourself for getting
Trapped inside a loop
Of pain fear & insecurity because
Everyone is trapped here too
To different degrees
Its a symptom of our own
Minds and the social machinery
That surrounds us that absolutely wants to
Grind us into to dust
Yeah, the world would love to tear your
Skin off and turn it into money
Yeah, the world would love to
Tell you you ever aren’t
Worth a pile of coins the weight of your body
Yeah, the world would love to
Pay you a dollar
An hour and say you aren't worth anything
Yeah, the world would love to
Drain you and chew
You up and burn your bones for energy
So if you can, develop strategies to not be
Eaten by that machine
Seek control in your own life and seek
That power by your own means
Even though you'll be told
Lies, if you’re unemployed
You still deserve to eat
You deserve to have things & security
& you deserve to be happy
Just know it's so obvious and clear
A society that chooses to starve it's sick
And poor is ruled by fear
Yeah, I know they'll put that
Guilt upon your head
I've wanted to be dead because I had
No way to pay for rent
But it's a trick, it's a system of pain
It's a hole they try to cut in you
To make you accept a seven dollar wage
But it’s a trick, it’s a system of pain
Because nobody would accept that treatment
Unless they were so afraid
So when it hurts
You gotta just float yourself away
If you can, even though it feels you're
Anchored by the pain
Even if it means laying in bed
And sleeping for the whole day
Don’t allow yourself to be swallowed by
The manufactured fear and pain
Just do what you can
Trapped inside a loop
Of pain fear & insecurity because
Everyone is trapped here too
To different degrees
Its a symptom of our own
Minds and the social machinery
That surrounds us that absolutely wants to
Grind us into to dust
Yeah, the world would love to tear your
Skin off and turn it into money
Yeah, the world would love to
Tell you you ever aren’t
Worth a pile of coins the weight of your body
Yeah, the world would love to
Pay you a dollar
An hour and say you aren't worth anything
Yeah, the world would love to
Drain you and chew
You up and burn your bones for energy
So if you can, develop strategies to not be
Eaten by that machine
Seek control in your own life and seek
That power by your own means
Even though you'll be told
Lies, if you’re unemployed
You still deserve to eat
You deserve to have things & security
& you deserve to be happy
Just know it's so obvious and clear
A society that chooses to starve it's sick
And poor is ruled by fear
Yeah, I know they'll put that
Guilt upon your head
I've wanted to be dead because I had
No way to pay for rent
But it's a trick, it's a system of pain
It's a hole they try to cut in you
To make you accept a seven dollar wage
But it’s a trick, it’s a system of pain
Because nobody would accept that treatment
Unless they were so afraid
So when it hurts
You gotta just float yourself away
If you can, even though it feels you're
Anchored by the pain
Even if it means laying in bed
And sleeping for the whole day
Don’t allow yourself to be swallowed by
The manufactured fear and pain
Just do what you can