Profit Margins Lyrics

Profit Margins

Presented like a product,



placed in a black box



the promise of salvation,



is enough to make us watch



there is no thought,



and there is no concern



we can't retrace our steps



across the bridges that we burn



but were content to be



getting what we're getting for free



so we lock our chains



and we throw away the key



but the free comes at a price



that we'd rather not think about



the free comes at a price



we'd rather not think about.



well we don' think much



about much these days



so the chance of that happening



quickly fades away



into another haze of emotion,



another blur of product



far from anypretense



and removed from any context



but nothing really seems



to be in context anymore



we sold our integrity



and now we are the whores



with our blue plastic checking cards



and silicone implants



our pre-constructed world



that has all us trapped







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(and) All we are...



is a tool to be used to pay



for someone else's rent



a profit gain of 23%







(and) All we are...



Pieces of paper to be torn into shreds



a small piece of capital to be worked until our death







salvation in consumption



is an absurd way to live



products as religion



is too much to give



so we fill our lives with useless items



to make up for ourselves



and we fill our heads with excuses



to justify our wealth



but the greed that fuels our consumption



seems to be accepted



and not just as a fault,



but as a trait to be respected



how we got to this point



is a question without answer



we can blame it on TV,



but we set the standard



all of this hypocricy



just leaves me more confused



expecting something more



when i should just be amuzed



at the pettiness, the irony,



the ignorance, and abuse



the individual twines we braid



into one collective noose



cause at the age of 24



you can't expect me to accept



that the standards of humanity



coul possibly be less



all we ever wanted 



was to be something more than this



all we ever wanted 



was to be something more than this!







[Chorus]