I Am the Taker

Day in, day out
Punch in, punch out
Unthinking routine automated
Set out at dusk
Come in at dawn
Unblinking rhythm integrated

Robotic in trance of the taker's tune
Chugging along on the taker's track
Convinced of the right in the wrong I do
Hiding behind how I give it back

Devour the world
A tale of the harvest
A song of the sunset
We take the light in your life away

Stock up on their lifeblood
We suck their wellspring dry
But a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?"
Keep them under our heel
Monopolize supply
But a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?"

We take the light in your life away

A lake of poison ashes
A river running dry
But a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?"
Hold every drop of water
Monopolize supply
But a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?"

Devour the world
A tale of the harvest
A song of the nightfall
We take the light in your life away

Robotic in trance of the taker's tune
Chugging along on the taker's track
In the dead of the night I pay my dues
Believing the lie that I give it back

Out on the swell
Here at the desk
I am the same man in the same game
Day in, day out
Within, without
I am the drain, I am the taker