My friends say we're stuck in a hopless thing   They all say the same thing - it can't work   Our life's so full of strife   It make's you reach for the knife   It won't work, aw but you know the feeling      So it goes & now it's gone   You & me we struggle on   Please seize these chains that hold us back   Let's make it work!      Life lists on & we survive, but it sucks us dry   The bitter waste, chances passed   And we passed them on   Now everybody's saying our time has gone      So it goes & now it's gone   You & me we struggle on   Please seize these chains that hold us back   Let's make it work!      The world's upside down & backwards round, yes it is   To serve no purpose only profit   That brutal? More so: To serve them all days & nights   Why, every waking hour! And more besides      Some say we're stuck in this life of pain but I maintain we can change it   All that we need, we've got it   To cut loose from this sham, God damn!   Seize these chains that hold us back      Others make this a world in crisis   - Let's make it work!   You & me, we struggle on    And so it goes   Damn wrong! Seize these chains that hold us back   Let's make it work!