The Industry

[Verse 1]
I thought that it was us against the world
But now it's me against something so big and abstract
That I can't tell what it is
All while you're out there, grinding on some poor girl
Who is backstage at the 6.8 rock fest

[Chorus 1]
I thought that you'd be on our side
I tuned it out when I heard you shit-talking our friends
Well, our world's in free fall and we're terrified
And everyone's just out to grab what they can get

[Verse 2]
I thought I had a bunch of friends, I guess
I just had people pissed at me for shit
And the cheaper that the music starts to get
It's like they're trying to make us cheep along with it

[Chorus 2]
I watched you turn into your very opposite
Into everything we were trying to reject
And I figured you had had enough of it
Watching the whole world turn while all you earned was respect

[Verse 3]
And look at us; just two dumb country hicks
Trying to bum-rush that VIP
Up there, out where the beautiful people live
But is that ever who we even wanted to be?

[Chorus 3]
Do you remember, baby, back in '96?
When some record was enough to make you raise your fist?
When some singer'd make you sure that you exist?
Well, I never thought I'd feel like that again
Just let go

[Outro]
I had to let it go
I gotta gotta let it go
Gotta let it go
All right, man?