Open Up And Wail

Downright hopelessness

When the wrath of consequence comes knocking on that old front door

And we count the ways, the seconds have fallen into place with the emptiness

Don't hold the phone

I know some are counting on God above or methadone

To kill way and to take away the pain

I feel for the lost and empathize the cost for calamity

For what I've seen

Open up and wail, open up and cry

We are not the type for young to die

In a rattle cage, heads against the wall

Through dangerous nights

No more lullabies

Open up and wail

We've got what it takes

Everything that needs to make a fighting chance

At carrying the load

Of fallen day to day

Of gruesome cold reality, square in the nose

Bleeding to the toes

Open up and wail, open up and cry

We are not the type for young to die

In a rattle cage, heads against the wall

Through dangerous nights

No more lullabies

Open up and wail, open up and cry

We are not the type for young to die

In a rattle cage, heads against the wall

Through dangerous nights

No more lullabies

Open up and wail

Open up and wail