Empire of Dirt

Stepping Stone

Crime, rape, alcohol, sex,

Drugs, rock and roll.

Speed, weed, birth control,

Life's a bitch and then you die...

So fuck this world, let's get high...

I was born with open hands,

They filled them up, then took it all away.

Built my back to carry kingdoms,

Just to watch them leave me where I lay.

Every promise turned to ashes,

Every smile came with a price.

They climbed my shoulders to the sunlight,

Then left me freezing in the ice.

I'm just another stepping stone,

A name they'll never learn.

Used until there's nothing left,

Then watch me slowly burn.

Stand on me, break my bones,

Build your future from my own.

Take my heart, take my soul,

Leave me empty, leave me cold.

When I'm all used up, throw me away,

Like yesterday's forgotten name.

Life keeps taking, never pays—

I'm just the dirt beneath your feet.

Crime, rape, alcohol, sex,

Drugs, rock and roll.

Speed, weed, birth control,

Life's a bitch and then you die...

So fuck this world, let's get high...

Every scar became a lesson,

Every lesson carved too deep.

I learned the world will shake your hand,

While stealing everything you keep.

I'm the bridge that everyone crosses,

Never the place they choose to stay.

When the weight becomes too heavy,

They simply walk away.

If this is all that life can offer,

Then why was I born to bleed?

A thousand hands reached out to use me,

Not one stayed when I was in need.

Stand on me, break my bones,

Build your empire from my soul.

When the dust is all that's left,

No one even speaks my name.

Life chewed me up, spit me out,

Left me drowning in the rain.

If this is how the story ends...

At least these scars were mine.

Crime, rape, alcohol, sex,

Drugs, rock and roll.

Speed, weed, birth control,

Life's a bitch and then you die...

So fuck this world...

So fuck this world...

So fuck this world...

Let's live fast and die young

Let's stay wasted