Everybody's Begging

Everybody’s Begging

beggar man keeps company
with soldiers, sailors, spies and thieves
everybody’s got a scheme
beggar man wears his on his sleeve
the priest is begging for a soul
the rabbi’s begging for the scroll
the ferryman begs for his toll
the jelly’s begging for the roll

Oh oh everybody’s begging

you have a lot of everything
you have someone to do your every bidding
and I see you living like a king
but you know there’s still something missing
the dog is begging for a bone
the heir is begging for the throne
the poor man’s begging for a loan
the unknown are begging to be known

Oh oh everybody’s begging

nothing like an earthly hell
to bring out all the-self styled angels
but the ones who spell it out can’t spell
you give them something and they want something else
there’s writers begging to be read
there’s voices begging in your head
there’s blood that’s begging to be shed
there’s hungry begging for some bread
there’s hooker’s begging to be paid
you think it’s fun just getting laid
there’s junkies begging for a fix
that’s not enough until it is

Oh oh everybody’s begging

we are the miserable mammals
every day’s so hard to handle
the path to salvation’s one long battle
the darkness lit by one lone candle
there’s secrets begging to be hidden
the future’s begging to be written
there’s fuel begging for ignition
i’m a soldier begging for a mission
in the dark begging for some light
in the dark begging for a fight
you can just point me at the action
everyone’s begging for distraction

Oh oh everybody’s begging

everything you’ve ever owned
every place that you’ve called home
every piece you thought would fit
the physical and the spirit
what we are is less than what we’re not
and what we’re not is less than what we want
and what we want is where we’re always heading
and all i see is everybody begging

Oh oh everybody’s begging

Thanks to Levi Meltzer for beginning & making the bulk of this video