Imprisoned in squalor, like a rat in a cage br A hopeless ignition explodes into rage br Poverty's chains cut with mocking intent br Desensitized humans with anger to vent br br To offer a dream, but a nightmare provide br To build up hope then strip away pride br To trample the weak into the dust br Is to set a foundation for greed and lust br br The rat is a fighter, the worm always turns br Where once there was apathy, pride now returns br The lesser will rise with fear as their friend br From the sewer of life you can only ascend br br To offer no dream, and nowhere to run br To Build up hope in the form of a gun br To trample the good and the decent within br Is to set up a struggle that no one can win br br Man is a lover and killer entwined br To be an extreme is to conquer the blind br Where one man falls another now stands br Ready for death with blood on his handsbr br Doom and Gloombr br