They Don’t Want You To Live

Lyrics

They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They find you unbearable in all respects They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They think you're an obstacle to their success And that you represent a threat to their well-being They construe ill intent in your sentiments and deeds But it's easy to tell the depth of a well They were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They say you'll upset their natural order of things They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They talk of the wave of devastation you'll bring For so long they've maintained a convoluted empire So precariously based on a legacy of violence And they can perceive the same tremors you feel They were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you Every war criminal regards their own reflection and says "I am the very model of a modern saint" They sure are taking their sweet time to learn their lesson, but It doesn't even cost a cent to ruin their day They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They maintain infrastructure to deny you They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They're even sickened by the sight of you And that you even exist represents a great dilemma At its core, it suggests that we all could be unfettered And if everyone's free, they'll have no reason to be They were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you Every captain of industry surveys the blasted plains and sees There's nowhere left for them to go but the grave In those wastelands you stand, with nothing to lose but your chains And there's always some character to assassinate They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They're clearly afraid of your humanity They don't want you to live, they don't want you to live They know that you'd dispossess them handily They don't like that they're not the only hands on the planchette And now they're close enough to smell the brimstone on your breath They're afraid that you'll serve the justice they've earned They were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you, they were right about you