Begging for Bread and Water

by @charlie_leemburg

Skirmish: Begging (@atornberg)
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Lyrics

Another jerk gets off the plane
A camera flash before it rains
Another a phrase of hate
“Reconstruction can wait
If we can knock down some pegs
We can put them back in place”

Begging for bread and water
Whatever it costs
It might be worth a human life
And it’s only getting worse

Not we, but he, number one
We do what we can
But it’s not enough
They’re gonna try to break your mind
With “I’m the one who’s right”
And “This is the answer”

Begging for bread and water
Whatever it costs
It might be worth a human life
And it’s only getting worse

If they’re not gonna get you
We are gonna get you
“Put everything in its right place
We’ll let the world spin on another day
And if it can’t wait
Why find the time to complain?”

Begging for bread and water
Whatever it costs
It might be worth a human life
And it’s only getting worse

So if we wanna put an end to the misery
We can’t let them get away with this
We gotta make them beg for mercy
We gotta make them all say please
We gotta make them beg for mercy
We gotta make them all say please
We gotta make them beg for mercy
We gotta make them all say please

Comments

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Great take on how different people are. Wonderfully conveyed!
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Nice contrast between the rich jerk getting off the plane to a media frenzy and the person begging for food just to survuve
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I like what I perceive as the ambiguity of your lyric a lot. My mind spun a couple of different directions while reading. Made me think most of a guy that I dislike very much and is an awful example of a human being. Nice take on the prompt.
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