Take the Strain

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 strain ! Are you the man in the next bed without the tubes, without the life support ? Maybe the man whose pockets weight you down. Take 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 strain ! Are you the animal that escapes the snares and traps ? Bearing no quarry scars, and the hunter's crown. We 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. Choose full pain, violate, make the grade. Taut wires fray, electro-brain, take the strain ! We 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.