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The Eaters And The Eaten Lyrics
Ancient ways ensnared in the monetary grip
Sons and daughters slaved by the wage and the whip
Our way of life crushed, as our lives drown in work
Is this what we’re to think, that a human life is worth?
Burned out fields and broken, black factories
Echoing names of the dead who came before me
Who yearns to breathe this acrid, acid air?
Who among us bleeds for a better life beyond despair?
Eaters and eaten - deathwork, so nauseating
Master and servant - deathwork immisertating
The Eaters and the Eaten - eaten alive
Hours spent in the shadow of the mill
Days turn to weeks as our lifeblood spills
Burned out fields and broken, black factories
Echoing names of the dead who came before me
Eaters and eaten - deathwork, so nauseating
Master and servant - deathwork immisertating
From the rare earth mine, to the longshore line
Survival is a burden, that we can not relent
The Eaters and the Eaten - eaten alive
Hours spent in the shadow of the mill
Days turn to weeks as our lifeblood spills
Falling through the cracks, we bring down the anvil of dissent
From ash-caked eyes, thousand-mile stares
Gaze upon a world where this system is extinct and nevermore
Sons and daughters slaved by the wage and the whip
Our way of life crushed, as our lives drown in work
Is this what we’re to think, that a human life is worth?
Echoing names of the dead who came before me
Who yearns to breathe this acrid, acid air?
Who among us bleeds for a better life beyond despair?
Master and servant - deathwork immisertating
Hours spent in the shadow of the mill
Days turn to weeks as our lifeblood spills
Echoing names of the dead who came before me
Master and servant - deathwork immisertating
Survival is a burden, that we can not relent
The Eaters and the Eaten - eaten alive
Hours spent in the shadow of the mill
Days turn to weeks as our lifeblood spills
From ash-caked eyes, thousand-mile stares
Gaze upon a world where this system is extinct and nevermore
Song Info
Submitted by
eternaltearsofsorrow On Mar 20, 2022
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Misery Index explained the albums focus (& I sense the focus/ theme in this track as well) is competing forces of control and chaos; they interrogate ‘power’ as something that is not always wielded with brute force in the modern age (through violence), but more so as a control-society where it manifests on a self-governing, individual level.