Restructured
Verse 1
Flying down the hill just trying to escape
The pavement took my youth, left me taped to a board
A piece of my brilliance was lost in the scrape
But I kept my head down, working for a quiet reward
I built my whole life on logic and trust
But you can't build a future when it's crumbling to dust
Verse 2
The family that chose me used the gavel and the law
Took my children away on a fabricated flaw
I watched the one I loved fade into the night
While the sickness inside me was starting its fight
I gave my loyalty to the giants at the top
But when the body breaks down, the mercy just stops
Chorus
The machine chews you up, the machine spits you out
When the gears start to grind, you get lost in the doubt
They call it a restructure to cover the crime
They cut off your lifeline for the bottom line
It’s held up by wire, by panic, and greed
They bleed you dry and leave you in need!
Verse 3
Now the letters arrive from the men in the suits
Demanding I work, pulling up my last roots
My body's irradiated, exhausted to the bone
Fighting this incurable battle alone
They look at the charts and they ask for my time
While I'm living in terror, without reason or rhyme
Trapped in the vessel, a prisoner of skin
The war is all over, but nobody wins
I cannot live, and I cannot die
Staring at the ceiling, just wondering why
You set the world on fire for a fraction of a cent
Now the spirit is broken, the energy is spent!
Chorus
The machine chews you up, the machine spits you out!
When the gears start to grind, you get lost in the doubt!
They call it a restructure to cover the crime
They cut off your lifeline for the bottom line!
It’s held up by wire, by panic, and greed
They bleed you dry and leave you in need!
Outro
The rot in the roots outnumbers the good
The system didn't protect the people it should
So tear down the structure, wipe the slate clean
Shut it all down... dismantle the machine.
Dismantle the machine.
Wipe it all clean.
The old world is broken.
Let the lights go dark.