[Verse 1]
Dedication's the price you pay
The initiated are coddled and caged
Before you walk, as soon as you crawl
Hope is pointless when you're stuck in the trawl

[Chorus]
Fuck the freshman lectures and brandishments
They just betray impoverished accomplishments
The puppet masters fear originality
They tighten up the tethers and they shackle your feet

Submission complete

[Verse 2]
Young recruits never have a chance
Enticed to the drill, admonished to dance
Early to rise and early to shine
Life is long but the end is nigh

[Chorus]
Break the guilty trammels from yesteryear
Remember how rejuvenation conquers all fears
Lowly opportunists take commanding roles
And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show
[Bridge]
The sad reflection
Of dead ambition
You live for nothing
Submission complete

[Chorus]
Yeah, break the guilty trammels from yesteryear
Remember how the pain of failure makes it all clear
The lowly opportunists take commanding roles
And hawk ultimatums so their weakness won't show

[Outro]
The sad reflection
Of dead ambition
You live for nothing

Expectation
Indoctrination
Life's damnation
Submission complete

Dying on your feet
Submission complete
A total defeat