The Price of Nothing

Verse 1:

I woke to fire on the skyline,

Another promise turned to ash

The paper’s full of silence

And the truth is out of cash

My hands are thin and empty

But they still reach for the flame

Just tryin’ to hold on to something

In a world that don’t know my name

Chorus:

This is the price of nothing

When the rich men turn away

They sell us dreams on credit

And leave us here to pay

The sky is made of embers

And the ground is fallin’ through

How do you stand for somethin’

When no one’s standin’ for you?

Verse 2:

I hear them talk of progress

In their halls of glass and gold

But they ain’t walked the shadows

Where the warmth’s gone cold

They preach about tomorrow

While today just slips and dies

And I’m just one more ghost here

Howlin’ at the lies

Chorus:

This is the price of nothin’

When the blood don’t buy your bread

They raise their cups in silence

While we bury our dead

The smoke don’t rise to heaven

It just hangs like a noose

How do you live with dignity

When they keep takin’ the truth?

Bridge:

There’s a cost to every silence

A debt we can’t forgive

They burn the garden down

And tell us how to live

But the flowers won’t come back

When the soil is all regret

And the seeds of revolution

Ain’t been watered yet

Chorus:

This is the price of nothin’

When your voice don’t make a sound

And the kings all smile in pity

As they watch you sink down

So light a match for mercy

If you still believe it’s real

But don’t expect salvation

From a man who’ll never feel

Outro (soft, fading):

Yeah… this is the price of nothin’

And we’re all paying...