Scars from all my lessons learned Theft of my possessions earned Cautionary tales of woe You reap what you sew Mean in the land I call home I look into a future unknown Lost is the race we've become There's nowhere left to run From massive repression And passive aggression The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried Our hope is gone, the innocence has died You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life Winter of my discontent Broken promise never meant Once was blind, but now I see I've got to be free Hounds, they won't leave me alone Gnaw my spirit of flesh to the bone Howling away as they go And the blood starts to flow No pacification From this indignation The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried Our hope is gone, the innocence has died You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life Consolation is a bitter pill to swallow Pearls of wisdom fall with nothing left to lose You've got to listen to the voices deep inside you Your path is written by the methods that you choose ♪ The world spins on, Mother Earth has cried Our hope is gone, the innocence has died You'll stand, you'll fall, only the strong survive Convicted prisoner sentenced to this life ♪ Massive repression (the world spins on) Passive aggression (when Mother Earth has cried) No pacification (all hope is gone) From this indignation (the innocent has died)