Re-Education (Through Labor)

Album: Appeal To Reason (2008)
Charted: 112
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  • To the sound of a heartbeat pounding away
    To the rhythm of the awful rusted machines
    We toss and turn but don't sleep
    Each breath we take makes us thieves
    Like causes without rebels
    Just talk but promise nothing else

    We crawl on our knees for you
    Under a sky no longer blue
    We sweat all day long for you
    But we sow seeds to see us through
    But sometimes dreams just don't come true
    We wait to reap what we are due

    To the rhythm of a time bomb ticking away
    And the blare of the sirens combing the streets
    Chased down like dogs we run from
    Your grasp until the sun comes up

    We crawl on our knees for you
    Under a sky no longer blue
    We sweat all day long for you
    But we sow seeds to see us through
    But sometimes dreams just don't come true
    Look now at what they've done to you

    White needles buried in the red
    The engine roars and then it gives
    But never dies
    'Cause we don't live
    We just survive
    On the scraps that you throw away

    I won't crawl on my knees for you
    I won't believe the lies that hide the truth
    I won't sweat one more drop for you
    Cause we are the rust upon your gears
    We are the insect in your ears
    We crawl
    We crawl
    We crawl, all over you

    We sow the seeds to see us through
    Our days are precious and so few
    We all reap what we are due
    Under this sky no longer blue
    We bring the dawn all over new
    We crawl
    We crawl
    We crawl, all over you Writer/s: BRANDON BARNES, JOSEPH PRINCIPE, TIMOTHY MCILRATH, ZACH BLAIR
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Adrienne from CanadaI was so sure this song is about Asian sweatshop laborers making clothing for all of us ignorant a$$holes in the western world. Well, it sounds like that for some of the song, and some other lines sound like their explanation. But i think they perhaps don't like to have an "official" political position on really controversial issues? So we gotta figure it out ourselves. I bet that's something the record company imposes on them.
  • Dc from ???, DcThis might be the best song i've ever heard.
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