Shop Till You Drop Lyrics - Singles - If Hope Dies

feed the machine 

that eats up 

our lives 

churning out product, 

end result of time processed 

then sold back to us, 

and renamed convenience 

left with the notion 

of life as commodity 

hours converted to dollars 

for the benefit of 

private interest 

coerced, to reduce our options 

there is no freedom 

within this economy 

working to buy 

our time saving devices 

have we sacrificed 

more in the name of convenience 

than we stand to gain? 

eaten alive 

our blood greases the axles 

of an engine that's out of control 

this defies our nature 

we will take back 

what our masters stole 

they want you to live to work, 

work until you die 

marry and reproduce, 

more resource for them to exploit 

forget what they'd have you believe 

our lives are not their playthings 

we won't be bought and sold