Pay For The Privilege Of Breathing Lyrics

Nothing comes to nothing
when there's nothing to give
The powers want to strip you clean
A charge for every breath

A price on skin that we walk in

They call this civil liberty

So-called champions for the poor
Tax us against the wall
Find it now or forfeit
The chance to 'be' in peace

A Price on skin that we walk in
A Price on skin that we walk in.

Grab thin air in one hand
A pound of flesh from the other
Crushing burden on the shoulders

An end poverty?
Only if you pay up first
Meet the fee and keep your soul