Parkway Drive - Writings on the Wall lyrics

When you're born in the dirt
The only way to grow is up
So we reach for the sun, but it seems
Every rung that you climb
Is another crooked line
That you cross off the tally of your dreams
Don't step out of line, kid
You learn it pretty fast
Every face has it's place in the crowd
They'll give you all the answers
So you don't ask any questions
Then they'll march you with a
Smile into the ground
And we all go to heaven in a little row boat

So put your hands up, put your hands up
If crawling for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
The writing's on the wall
This ain't ever gonna stop
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If crawling for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
We'll fight until we die
This ain't ever gonna stop

This stray dog world, this sick sad place
Got a belly full of maggots and disease
Every apple here is rotten
Every blessing is a curse
Every word is a lie you best believe
We take one step forward, then two steps back
In a race to the bottom of the barrel
They teach us how to fear
They teach us how to hate then they arm us
And they march us off to hell
And it's left, left, left, right, left

So put your hands up, put your hands up
If crawling for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
The writing's on the wall
This ain't ever gonna stop
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If crawling for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
We'll fight until we die
This ain't ever gonna stop
This ain't ever gonna stop

'Cause they came for our minds
We said nothing
They came for our hopes, we said nothing
They came for our souls, and still
We said nothing
Now they're coming for our lives
So what's it gonna take?
So what's it gonna take?
What's it gonna take? Oh
What's it gonna take?
See how they run, see how they run

So put your hands up, put your hands up
If clawing for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
The writing's on the wall, this
Ain't ever gonna stop, yeah
Put your hands up, put your hands up
If clawing for the scraps
Won't ever be enough
Put your hands up, put your hands up
We'll fight until we die
This ain't ever gonna stop