Thrown to the Wolves

Clear out your lungs
The first voice that you find
They try to force us, to the rungs of
the ladder they say to climb
So we find ourselves so tightly strung
'cause we're walking blind
So we discover, as we get older
That all we can do is grind

They're rich and, we're poor but

All the times we all wanted to give up
Yet we pushed each other on through
Life and lies, the greed and corruption
The unseen wolves inside too

Be you, they say
As they smooth your wrinkles out
You know it's bullshit, but you take it
You only know how to be devout
They taught you well, though you're in hell
You feel that you can't tell
Everyone knows how the tale goes
Until the cracks start to show

They're rich and, we're poor but

All the times we all wanted to give up
Yet we pushed each other on through
Life and lies, the greed and corruption
The unseen wolves inside

If we could turn back time
Could we make everything fine?
Unify the shards in our minds?
Is there a hope that we can in our lives
See the selfish be denied?