Lyrics

Poisoning the Well

  We wasted time 
Feeding our minds 
With things we’d never need
 Truth left unsaid, we filled our heads
 With falsehoods and with greed  

And though we tried To live the lie 
Which, by and by, we chose 
Despite the spin 
We could not win
 The emperor had no clothes  

Selling our souls to gain control 
Buying into the lies we tell 
Drink up and die
 It’s you and I
 Poisoning our own well  

And now from birth
 We base our worth
 On those who spark and shine 
Despite the fact that they may lack
 That thing we call a mind  

So, mesmerized 
Our inner guides 
Are blinded by the light 
And, wander’ing ‘round the darkness, drown 
In endless waves of trite 

Selling our souls we lose control 
Buying into the lies they sell 
Betting it all
See how we fall
Poisoning our own well

 We’ll burn like sun 
For number one 
We’ll let the seas run dry 
And go from warm to hot to gone 
All while denying why

  We’ll spray the skies
 To kill the flies 
Despite the evidence
 Is it our fate to suffocate 
How can this all make sense  

Selling our souls to gain control 
Buying into the lies we tell 
Drink up and die
It’s you and I 
Poisoning our own well

Selling our souls we lose control 
Buying into the lies they sell 
Drink up and die
It’s you and I 
Poisoning our own well

© Richard Eppedio and C.R. Keyser-Posner/Smokesongs Ltd.