The Work Ethic Myth

by Thou

From the album: Peasant

Track 1 of 6 on Peasant (2008).

Duration: 05:45

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Lyrics for The Work Ethic Myth

We have paved the roads that have led to our own oppression. Fear of the unknown, of rejection, has put brutes and villains in power. The fetters that restrict our arms and throats were cast by our own hands, just as we have set our own guards at the door. We drag boulders a thousand leagues to erect their palaces. We have established a system of education that celebrates sacrifice and creates generations of slaves. Hold hands in a ritual of deception. Hold hands in a ritual of desolation. Hold hands in a ritual of self destruction. We are the accomplice class: footstools for our masters, spineless bastards all.

More from Peasant

  1. The Work Ethic Myth
  2. An Age Imprisoned
  3. Belt of Fire to Guide Me, Cloak of Night to Hide Me
  4. Burning Black Coals and Dark Memories
  5. They Stretch Out Their Hands
  6. The Road of Many Names