Cough up blood, cough up dust
Remember who you can trust
Cough up lungs, cough up smoke
Caged life is just a joke
In a church hall, in a shopping mall
Are the secrets and the pitfalls
Untold stories (void promises)
No one will ever know
Cough up blood, cough up dust
Remember who you can trust
Cough up lungs, cough up smoke
Caged life is just a joke
The ants march in and out of line
Forgetting who they meet, thinking of what they find
Forever running out of time
Marching in and out of line
But I won't let it this time
Cough up blood, cough up dust
Remember who you can trust
Cough up lungs, cough up smoke
Caged life is just a joke
It's a fucking joke
Cough up blood, cough it up
I'm coughing up blood