On Your Knees

F#m E E A slave to indulgence, a slave who obtains E A slave to your pleasure, a slave to your pain E A slave to a business, a mistress, a wife E Slave to the bottle the needle or knife A An accident of birth or a spin of the wheel A Select your next master and feel how it feels Em On your knees C G D Into the night that you'll never remember Em On your knees C G D E Bow to the crowd of a thousand oppressors E Enslaved by the dealers or the junkies themselves E Ensnared by self pity or the sweet lie of wealth E Afraid to stop running or frozen in place E Afraid to begin or finish the race A Awake from the drugs or asleep from the wine A The doors are all open, they close from behind Em On your knees C G D Into the night that you'll never remember Em On your knees C G D E Bow to the crowd of a thousand oppressors Em On your knees C G D Into the night that you'll never remember Em On your knees C G D E Bow to the crowd of a thousand oppressors E B E A Oh, awake from the drugs or asleep from the wine A The doors are all open, they close from behind A Whatever you choose there's a suicide clause A You die of neglect or you die to applause Em On your knees C G D Into the night that you'll never remember Em On your knees C G D Bow to the crowd of a thousand oppressors C G BD Bow to the crowd of a thousand oppressors Em