Bitter Pill Protocol

[Verse 1] Little white tablet Etched with false promise "Take this, trust us You'll feel just fine" Cold vinyl table Fluorescent haze They measure my symptoms Like I'm already broken inside [Chorus 1] Bitter pill protocol They dose us till we crawl Call it healing, call it care While they're carving out the will Bitter pill protocol I choke it down, still I fall If every ache needs a cure What's left that's real at all? [Verse 2] Side effects buried In print too damn tiny Small as the voices They silence each day Sterile smiles gleaming Teeth sharp as syringes "Sign here, surrender We'll trade your pain away" [Chorus 2] Bitter pill protocol They dose us till we crawl Call it healing, call it care While they're carving out the will Bitter pill protocol I choke it down, watch me fade If every ache needs a cure Tell me what's left that's real [Bridge] Body remembers Every chemical cage Heart hammering warnings They tried to erase Tongue spits the tablets Back into their hands "We taste your control We see through the plan" [Final Chorus] Bitter pill protocol They dose us till we crawl Call it healing, call it care But we're stealing back the will Bitter pill protocol We spit it out, we won't fall If everything's sold as a cure We're better off broken after all