Deadwood

I've stepped inside a world I don't know
The sky's not quite the same anymore
Dead stasis, burnt pages
Fabric of society torn
Condemned either way
No cells, no chains
Resistance is buried like a secret to a grave

Face down in the dirt again
What's to gain from being the last one standing?
Cut the limb and not the tourniquet
So now it's understood, we remove the deadwood

Pulled apart from all sides
It never took much to divide
Can't find a way to detach
So light the fucking match

Never been the first to cast a stone
But we'll torch the fields
Where their seeds are sown
Like moths to flames
They all burn the arcane
Constricted, complicit
In how we're detained

Face down in the dirt again
What's to gain from being the last one standing?
Cut the limb and not the tourniquet
So now it's understood, we remove the deadwood

Burn it down
Raise it all to the ground
Every last one

I felt the weight of a soul in my hands
And I'm starting to understand
They're all dead weight
Transcending this hell unscathed
While we fight for the scraps thrown away
Parasites and sycophants bleeding you dry

Face down in the dirt again
What's to gain from being the last one standing?
Cut the limb and not the tourniquet
So now it's understood, we remove the deadwood

Deadwood