pry open your eyes, take a look around    is this what you dreamed of    where you hope to rot (your life away)    clock into your death    days and weeks all blur together    everyday the same routine    repetition slaps me in the face    you've locked me out of life    ask me to die with a smile    how can i take pride?    while my placement sits on file    sell your soul for a life of debt    there's more to life than dying (wasting away)    life is short when you die for, someone else    this is my life, its the one thing they can't take    ambition robbed for your profit    ambition robbed for your pocket    selling myself short - no more!    it's time to make a change - today!    and you expect me to smile    with a knife stuck in my back    i won't let you bleed me dry    life is more than numbers on a check