Take the strain, can you take it?
Take the strain or even fake it
Take the strain, aren't we lucky?
Take the strain to be breathing
Take the strainAre you the man in the next bed
Without the tubes, without the life support?
Maybe the man whose pockets weigh you downTake the strain, do you wear strife?
Take the strain like a clown
Take the strain or accumulate
Take the strain with a frown
Take the strainAre you the animal
That escapes the snares and traps?
Bearing no quarry scars
And the hunter's crownWe were taught to follow leaders, follow leaders
Never to challenge the singular pack
The goals they set slip the grasp, slip our grasp
Chasing tails without the basic factsChoose full pain, violate, make the grade
Taut wires Frey, electro-brain, take the strainWe were taught to follow leaders, follow leaders
Never to challenge the singular pack
The goals they set slip the grasp, slip our grasp
Chasing tails without the basic facts