Citizen Cattle

from Dystopia by Counterweight

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Slaughter awaits the mindless

Pledge your allegiance
To the bars on your cage
Throat cut, bleeding
On the flag, in your name

Citizen cattle
Your freedom's on the chopping block
Citizen cattle
Swinging your own axe

Pass the collection plate
And fall down to your knees
Say a prayer to the techno-gods
While they prepare to feast

The more you spend the more you save
Just pledge obedience
Sign your name on the dotted line
Like a proper patriot

Citizen cattle
Your freedom's on the chopping block
Citizen cattle
Swinging your own axe

There is no safety
There is no guarantee
There is just an endless march
A slaughter of minds

Drop to your knees
Swing your own axe
Sign your life away
And set your mind ablaze

You have nothing to lose but your chains

MEANING: This song is about how consumerism has overtaken our society. The middle class is chained, one by one, to mountains of debt all just to possess the latest and greatest thing. We are kept in a systematic class system with chains stained dollar-bill green.

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from Dystopia, released December 5, 2016

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