Unhousing Projects

No breathing room for you and yours
When your first steps are marred by poverty
And your family can't afford to live in an apartment anymore
Languorous living fused with dangerous conditions
Eviction sealed fates
New section-eight waitlist dates lock your mind in a prison
Slow crawl half asleep on the floor while they force you out the door
Sleeping on a park bench, you rise to the sound of light taps on skin
Here comes the rain to wake you up again
No need to get dressed when your clothes are your bed
Walk around your city till the weather has lifted
Tried to make the shelters deadline but you missed it
What you want is what you need
Basic needs and some room to breathe
The less you live, the more you seethe
The less you're free, the more you grieve
What you want is what you need
A life worth more than fake smiles and misery
There is only violence here (there is only violence here)
Swallow the nerve damage and pray to a god you've never believed in
No one should have to live this low
(No one should have to live this low)
Stare down another sundown with cashed out pockets
An empty stomach and no bed to sleep in
(There is only violence here)
What you want is what you need
Basic needs and some room to breathe
The less you live, the more you seethe
The less you're free, the more you grieve
What you want is what you need
A life worth more than fake smiles and misery
There's only violence here (there is only violence here)
No one should have to live this low
There is only violence here
No one should have to live this low
There is only violence here
The means to die unnoticed, is a means to an end
Mass-produced through violence, selfish and calculated
The means to die unnoticed, without having lived
No one should have to live this low
What you want is what you need
Basic needs and some room to breathe
The less you live, the more you seethe
The less you're free, the more you grieve
What you want is what you need
A life worth more than fake smiles and misery
There is only violence here (there is only violence here)
No one should have to live this low
There is only violence here
No one should have to live this low
There is only violence here