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Artist: All Shall Perish
Track: Wage Slaves

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Scathing attacks of time and torment
When we Sleep walk our lives away
These thieves
They've made
Our hearts break
So now I'm screaming
Attacks of heartless horror
At them their cash can't kill us all and
We have built we have, we have
Built upon their dream to long
Don't be their fucking slaves
We live in exploitation We have worked
Blind endless means
They have turned our failure into what they need
So Break these shackles and take a stand we are the gears
We are the ones they fear
Take their crowns away
They won't take away my life, a slave no longer in my mind I
Break these shackles and take a stand to tell the world
The revolt returns
Break these shackles and take a stand to tell the world
GET UP
We live in exploitation We have worked blind endless means
They have turned our failure into what they need

TAKE IT BACK
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All Shall Perish – Wage Slaves
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