"The Spectator" lyrics - MISERY INDEX

On your knees, look at yourself
A corporation cog with a head
No original thought, a product of things
That consume your will, and define your dreams

When you were young, you took on the world
Remember how you'd laugh and sing?
You've replaced it all with an IRA
Internet porn, and a job you hate

[Chorus:]
Spectator on your own life
Watching and cheering goodbye
Sinking into endless night
Serving your slave design

Giving in without a fight
Passion resonates no more
A goal that never comes in sight
Till they close the coffin door

Fenced-in yard, that screen on your wall
Books on the shelf, you never have read
Suburban right turns, amassing your wealth
A middle-class pawn, in love with himself

Lock the doors, set the alarm
Another weekend, alone in your head
The kids are out drunk, the wife's in bed
Pop a few pills to forget again

[Chorus:]
Spectator on your own life
Watching and cheering goodbye
Sinking into endless night
Serving your slave design

Giving in without a fight
Passion resonates no more
A goal that never comes in sight
Till they close the coffin door

[Bridge/Outro]
Inside your homemade prison, an average life lived and died

Rules deftly followed
Boss' ass firmly kissed
Bound in by possessions
And overpowering emptiness