Step by step it's happening, it's slowly eating you Numbing your mind to the pain You broke the rule, the payment's cruel Selfish road, you paved the way Hiding in your fantasy, it's easier to lie The choice you made could kill You're just one lonely victim A wasted life
Don't you feel as if you walls fall in? The way you live could put you underground
Step by step, by step Surviving hanging by a thread Step by step, by step It's time to turn the table Step by step, by step Society's not done with you Step by step, by step It just gets worse until you pull through
Screaming out, you cry for love, they only toss you out Rejected, lost in a daze It's all so cold, do as you're told Hit your knees now start to pray Dream about a time before, securely locked away Within your heart is the key If you don't open up then – You'll lose your life
Don't you feel as if you walls fall in? The way you live could put you underground
Step by step, by step Surviving hanging by a thread Step by step, by step It's time to turn the table Step by step, by step Society's not done with you Step by step, by step It just gets worse until you pull through
Deep inside you're selfish and infected with desire Filled your head with dreams that died Just couldn't get no higher Look at what you've become – synthetic, morphite cyst Your luck's run out, the thread has snapped A cold depressing end
Don't you feel as if you walls fall in? The way you live could put you underground
Step by step, by step Surviving hanging by a thread Step by step, by step It's time to turn the table Step by step, by step Society's not done with you Step by step, by step It just don't' stop Step by step, by step Don't try to run before you walk Step by step, by step Do it for yourself kid Step by step, by step It's just the way you have to learn Step by step, by step By step by step by step by step