Slaughterhouse Road

Everybody else steeped in wonder as I finish out my stride What you cannot put asunder the struggle to survive I see idiots and hypocrites, can't cut me down to size And I'll be god damned if you'll take me alive Casualties grown Feeding the Earth, no one knows Build greater hope Yet feed the slaughter our souls I'd rather live than believe in eternity Forget, forgive (forget, forgive) No discerning the fire that burn me Forget, forgive (forget, forgive) I'd rather live than believe in eternity Forget, forgive (forget, forgive) There's no cure for mankind Forgive, forget Casualties grown Feeding the Earth, no one knows Build greater hope Yet feed the slaughter our souls Feeding a bottomless hole Bleeding our youth for the gold On the slaughterhouse road You can't end the war or compensate for the loss You can't erase the scars, we can't restore the face Of a nation behind bars, of a nation behind bars Of decades laid to waste, of decades laid to waste On the slaughterhouse road Slaughterhouse road On the slaughterhouse road Slaughterhouse road Everybody else steeped in wonder as I finish out my stride What you cannot put asunder the struggle to survive I see idiots and hypocrites, can't cut me down to size And I'll be god damned if you'll take me alive