Vicious Constructs

Lyrics

[Intro: Spoken] "Give me your philosophers That we might fly high together Above the cuckoo's nest Of your insanity Give me the madmen, the outsiders Who you so decry" [Verse 1: Penny Rimbaud] They dig their fingers in your dirt They poke and prod and plead to "extricate your hurt" Dissecting memories, they're fucking with your brain They're turning profits while they're turning you insane [Chorus 1: Scott Sturgeon] This system locks you up for life They'll throw away the keys for spite They'll search your insides as they darken any light You'll end up empty, broken, tortured day and night [Verse 2: Rimbaud] They search for questioners of lies And mental health is their disguise But best believe they're full of hate They will mislead us to control our shining lives They are corrupt and vicious Constructs of the state [Chorus 2: Sturgeon] These folks can lock you up for life They'll grind and spit you out of spite You're just a puzzle piece to prop their house of lies Another mirror to expose their venal might [Bridge: Rimbaud] This one's for every suicide Deep in the recess of my mind Please forgive us, we are blind And our world is too unkind We kill the ones we claim to love Locked up, we stare down from above [Rimbaud / Sturgeon] This one's for every suicide Deep in the recess of my mind Please forgive us, we are blind And this world is too unkind We kill the ones we claim to love Locked up, we stare down from above We kill the ones we claim to love Locked up, we stare down from above! [Chorus 2: Sturgeon] These folks will lock you up for life They'll grind and spit you out of spite You're just a puzzle piece to prop their house of lies Another mirror to expose their venal might [Chorus 3] This system locks you up for life They'll throw away the keys with spite They'll scrape your insides out to break the spirit bright They'll stop at nothing to extinguish any light [Outro] Scripts fill your room Sealing your tomb Pills wash your head Propped up brain dead