Nails Lyrics - Singles - The Honor System

See the buildings rising up 

See the buildings crumble down 

Hear a million voices scream for silence 

Automated tasks, Repetition beat into the ground 

All these great things that we've made 

Sewn with rotten string 

Destined for defeat right from the beginning 

You can't learn from past mistakes 

unless you admit they're made 

There's more to history 

than the Cliff Notes we all read in second grade 

The biggest criminals in town 

can be spotted fairly quick 

They like to dress in dark blue suits 

and carry nightsticks 

Make people feel warm and safe 

Intimidate and isolate 

The elegant sip chardonnay, Put on a happy face 

Days filled with consumption and desolate space 

You can hire one thousand slaves 

to build this house for you 

Or you can utilize your own tools