A Wilhelm Scream - We Built This City! (On Debts And Booze) lyrics

Seeking out an honest living soul Checking every body for a pulse Lifting every eyelid for a glimmer of evil left to give Meaning to meaningless, that much I'd die for Searching through this body stack for hours Yeah, from the bottom Pride is gone the night We sink to the bottom, we'll never be one of them Awake, arise Eat, work, sh**, sleep, awake, arise Awake, arise Eat, work, sh**, sleep, awake, arise Listen as the chorus marching Union roars like a lion This old man with hat in hand just said it We built this city on debts and booze Twelve years of debt and I'll be paying it off With blood and sweat but it means nothing at all I'll pay the price 'Till I die And every jaded hero clings to his worth In it for paychecks, moving units and merch But I decline To ever be one of them Awake, arise Eat, work, sh**, sleep, awake, arise Listen as the chorus marching Union roars like a lion This old man with hat in hand just said it We built this city on debts and booze Legs on the ottoman and head in the mosh Sharp like an astronaut but dull as a rock An angel's sigh Damn right, we got a problem now I'm mimicking the drum fills with my head on the wall The voice of God comes through the morning alarm Awake, arise Awake, arise Wake up! I've laughed before but not so heavy as A fire and brimstone hilarity mess That said we'll be here for the end of it all By cutting off the strings we used to pull And reaching deep for thoughts and ways to bring us back to better days 'Till king and queen pa** out, drunk off their power We'll stand in light of evil eyes forever We'll be there for the end of it all Awake, arise Eat, work, sh**, sleep, awake, arise We'll be there for the end of it all To stand in line of evil eyes forever Strangers At the bottom