shellshocked waiting on a ride Watching minutes tick past bad decisions Every dollar’s already been assigned It never even feels like it’s mine I’ve learned how to hold my breath Learned how to bend for days Everything costs more than it says And the price is never all you pay [Chorus] Freedom’s not checking the balance every day Not weighing every choice against the cost It’s not asking what I have to give away Just to get through what I’ve lost [Verse 2] Some endure by becoming smaller Some decline by checking out first Nothing here rewards resistance And prayers can never quench the thirst There are whole lives built on subtraction Still standing where the rest would fall Who can say how they keep going and what kind of world is this at all? [Chorus] Freedom’s not checking the balance every day Not weighing every choice against the cost It’s not asking what we have to give away Just to get through what we’ve lost... [Bridge] A scale hangs over everything Never tipping, never still Lives arranged like leveraged weight Held together only by will [Chorus] Freedom’s not checking the balance every day Not weighing every choice against the cost It’s not asking what we have to give away Just to get through what we’ve lost...
