Tell me that
You’ve never seen a system with a crack
That however improbable
And however small
Someone fell down
And wasn’t welcomed back up.
Because only so many times
Can the nail be hammered
Before the wood begins to warp
And only so long
Can the earthquake go on
Before the ground begins to fail.
System failure, system failure
Throw the dying ones a rope
But cut off their hands before you do
Or this systematic failure could be fixed.
Tell me how you’ve never seen
Someone fall and fall and fall
Down a hole so deep
It swallowed them up
Never to be noticed again.
Letters on a paper
Ruining lives
Laws for people
Who have never been seen.
System failure, system failure
The hammer keeps on hitting
So cut off their hands
And keep shaking their world
So the systematic failure can thrive.