New Beliefs - River Whyless

I’d like to thank you for the crumbs you’ve left for me

Lookin' up from the middle class

Maybe I’ll leave a few for the ones poorer than me

Terrified of a lower caste

Terrified of what’s below me

While from above you keep me down

Isn’t it strange when you can see but don’t believe?

Maybe we’re in need of new beliefs

A disgust for what’s beneath us rather than a race for what’s above

The blatantly cruel

the fool

Keepin' 'em busy with two, three jobs a day

So they don’t fill the street

My time is money, I won’t give 'em either one

But medicate to help them sleep

Help them stay in our American dream

Terrified of what’s below them

While from above we keep 'em down

Isn’t it strange when you can see but don’t believe?

Maybe we’re in need of new beliefs

A disgust for what’s beneath us rather than a race for what’s above

The blatantly cruel

the fool

I’ve been elected by the Good Lord

He told me who to lock up and who to free

I’ve been told how the hell to get to heaven:

Gotta have a little money or a state ID

I’ve been elected by the Good Lord

He told me who to lock up and who to free

I’ve been told how the hell to get to heaven:

Gotta have a little money or a state ID

Isn’t it strange when you can see but don’t believe?

Maybe we’re in need of new beliefs

A disgust for what’s beneath us rather than a race for what’s above

The blatantly cruel

the fool