Cycles of Survival

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Yo, I wake up everyday, thinking till my brain hurts Staring at the sun on the bus on the way to work I see the city and it's really hard to tell if This building that we're doing is making heaven Or making hell Here in the west where money is our food And we serve the economy, of workers what we do I got a boss over me and there's a boss over him We're adding to this cash food chain that we're in Where we plan on tomorrows and we plan on the [?] Whеn I think of the future, man, I find it really tough 'Causе the sea levels rising, drought stricken horizons I read the newspapers and the facts burn my eyelids I'm silent on the surface, screaming underneath [?] speaks on the winds and he whispers with the breeze And he says "there's not long, Ryan, there's not long to go Until I'm gonna claim everything that you know" [Chorus] But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in [Verse 2] I play along and pretend to be blind But man, I say it's ok too, spreading the lies And man, I try to do my hardest to forget our demise But every smile is one more pathetic disguise and fresh Water supplies in steady decline We're clutching the straws to find clean energy types Materialise to fit into generic design In debt, with the credit to buy whatever we like I don't remember the vial of events of our times Suppressing my rage just like Jekyll & Hyde And the truth I conceals like the devil inside I'm sending for guidance in the spoke of [?] disguise This situation at hand is breaking our backs When the land's more important than inflation or tax The machines moving forward, there's no changing its tracks The grapes of wrath, which grow on every place on the map [Pre-Chorus] (22 long hard years, I'm still struggling Survival got me bu—) [Chorus] But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in [Verse 3] With all these problems, how does a man cope When fear stains the air like second hand smoke When our path is limited, it's generally known That environmentally, the 21st Century lacks hope So for better or worse, man, this gift of existence Informs repercussions, we sit in the distance And our way to survive's to dwell in [?] business Where oblivion thrives, no predicaments witnessed And the decision to act comes with difficult plans Man, I'm not in a financial position to stand And my role in this world's an insignificant amp The only way to survive is to find the Yin and the Yang So I focus to see that bit of heaven and hell I can't replenish the earth, but I develop myself So realise, all the positive things in life Have redefined my outlook to sleep at night [Chorus] But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in But we wake in the morning and we sleep in the night And everyday I be told that everything is alright With this cycle of survival here that I live in This cycle of survival here that I live in [Outro] It's just the cycle of survival here that I live in It's just the cycle of survival here that I live in It's just the cycle of survival here that I live in It's just the cycle of survival here that I live in