The American Dream is Alive and Well in a Bunker Beneath West Virginia

from I Feel Like I'm Dying by The Southside Choir Boys

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We're kept awake by ventilators
While they fall asleep at home
Living all their normal lives
We're not even allowed to mourn
We're expected to survive
On just pennies a day
While we keep the world alive
So they can all go play

The American Dream is alive and well
In a bunker beneath West Virginia

Living in a coffin
But I'm living the dream
It's not about the breaths we take
But the silence in between

Now we say our goodbyes
A hundred times a day
Not knowing if we'll meet again
Each time we go away
Our lives essential sacrifice
To keep the wheels turning
Our souls the coals that stoke the flames
That keep the world burning

The American Dream is alive and well
In a bunker beneath West Virginia

Living in a coffin
But I'm living the dream
It's not about the breaths we take
But the silence in between

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from I Feel Like I'm Dying, released August 11, 2021
Lyrics by Joe Thompson and Veronica Luecke
Music by The Southside Choir Boys

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