Typhoon (band) - Claws, Part 1 lyrics

You've got your hope caught up in your chest So when you speak it makes you swollen in the face You shouldn't be such a good target I'll make you choke, I'll make you hide it between your legs For if I have none, you'll have the same We are conceived all with the same chance To be spared, to be salvaged, to be kept safe Then you hope to god nothing bad will happen From when you're born 'til you go quietly from old age To make your hope feel like a crushing weight I found a friend in the great great beast He's digging his claws in me He's digging his claws in me All degree shall be leveled Because you know, you have the right, you have the right To pursue the happiness of your neighbors And when you catch it, you'll put it out like a light And the few who are left, we'll set them right Found a friend in the great great beast He's digging his claws in me He's digging his claws in me As he's digging his claws in me Whispers names of my enemies He names my enemies And as he names my enemies I don't suspect anything Is this what freedom is supposed to mean? I can choose what I don't believe in The truth is dying Your youth's a dying breed Oh misery loves company So careful of the friends you keep Misery loves company So careful of the friends you keep Misery loves company So careful of the friends you keep ...