Vault - Spock's Beard

Empty cup

I can’t get up

To face the sun again

Biding time

I fall in line

I know that I can’t win

Branded by those who want me for their keep

So I’m better off if I just stay asleep

A living drone

I’m not my own

A path I didn’t choose

I take the pill

Do what you will

I’m just here to be used

Garnered by those who are just tending sheep

So I’m better off if I just fall asleep

Once the dirt falls down around you

Just be glad it never found you

You kept yourself inside a vault you

Locked so they could never fault you

Even if tyrants bring the storm

Even if violence becomes the norm

You won’t silence me

Cause my voice is my sword

Even if death awaits me

My last breath escapes me

You can’t measure what

The word does to the hordes

I stood back and watched it

I gawked while they botched it

I locked my eyes on it

Knowing what’s in store

I stand on the hill for this

I raised my voice and not my fist

These words can’t be dismissed

No child should be a whore

I am a victim of the system

That won’t acknowledge my existence

Once the dirt falls down around you

Just be glad it never found you

You kept yourself inside a vault you

Locked so they could never fault you

Once the dirt falls down around you

Just be glad it never found you

You kept yourself inside