Nails

See the buildings rising up
 See the buildings crumble down
 Hear a million voices scream for silence
 Automated tasks, Repetition beat into the ground
 All these great things that we've made
 Sewn with rotten string
 Destined for defeat right from the beginning
 You can't learn from past mistakes
 unless you admit they're made
 There's more to history
 than the Cliff Notes we all read in second grade
 The biggest criminals in town
 can be spotted fairly quick
 They like to dress in dark blue suits
 and carry nightsticks
 Make people feel warm and safe
 Intimidate and isolate
 The elegant sip chardonnay, Put on a happy face
 Days filled with consumption and desolate space
 You can hire one thousand slaves
 to build this house for you
 Or you can utilize your own tools
 These nails can build anything we want them to
 Let's build a place where we can choose
 the lives we're living