Seven Billion

from Alive by Silent Ash

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Ever sit there and wonder
‘bout what life used to mean
There’s a blank page you stare at
But it’s filled to the seam
And it seems that the handwriting, it isn’t yours
But you can’t erase, you just have to move forward

And you hear all the talk,
This man here’s done his best
Got the lavish luxurious life
Of a prince but times ten
And he tells his whole story like we could all understand
I say when he looks down… kick him upside the head

Someday all his wealth
You’ll see, it will be ours
Why shouldn’t it be?
We’re working just as hard
It annoys me to no end that we struggle so
It’s not that I hate, I just can’t let go

Oh, seven billion people
Seventeen-hundred billionaires
Oh, seven billion problems
And this isn’t helping any of them

I just sit back and think
What could I do with my time
If life didn’t kick while I’m down
Is to rest such a crime?
I watch from my job as this old house turns to dust
So I get up “I quit!”, I won’t let this world rust

Oh, seven billion people
Seventeen-hundred billionaires
Oh, seven billion problems
And this isn’t helping any of them

There ain’t no point to life
When you’re always beat
Being rich,
How will that help me sleep?
It won’t, that’s the point, so I’ll walk or I’ll crawl
It seems to me that this world is for us all
Not self-gain, that’s when great buildings fall

Oh, seven billion people
Seventeen-hundred billionaires
Oh, seven billion problems
And this isn’t helping any of them

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from Alive, released January 29, 2017

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