[Intro: Matthew Dommer]
Once again, here I am on the precipice of breathlessness
My lungs collapse
I can't escape the act

[Verse 1: Andrew Wells]
If I live in a city where they hunt me down
How long do you expect me to stay and wait to calibrate?
If I bribe the committee with an offering
Will they offer me commitment or calcify the magistrate?

[Chorus: Andrew Wells]
Because when I give in
I hope that I can be a better man in the end and carry on
But when you give up
Then everything we've ever shared will self-destruct and tip the scales
Choose to prevail

[Verse 2: Andrew Wells]
If I live in a country where they propagate the wealth
In corporate raids, then who am I to speak?
They forgive you of nothing and they breed
And they breed, and they breed until they overstimulate the earth and feed upon the weak

[Chorus: Andrew Wells, Matthew Dommer]
Because when I give in
I hope that I can be a better man in the end and carry on
But when you give up (You give up)
Then everything we've ever shared will self-destruct and tip the scales
Choose to prevail
[Outro: Andrew Wells, Matthew Dommer, Both]
If I live in a world where a consciousness exists
Outside the walls of pain, ignorance, and habitual waste
Then I will stand on the edge of the earth as a monument to the greater good of man
To be born again