Austerity Kills Lyrics

Memoriam Austerity Kills

[Refrain]
Not the cuts of a scalpel
These are cuts of a butcher's knife
Devastating effects
On human life

[Verse 1]
Imposed to cure recession
Affecting those most poor
Society's most vulnerable
Cannot take much more

[Verse 2]
A system of repression
That cannot be endured
Impacting on the weakest
This cannot be ignored

[Chorus]
Austerity kills
Austerity kills
Austerity kills
Austerity kills

[Verse 3]
Survival of the richest
Corporations under-taxed
Increasing spiral of poverty
Society under attack

[Refrain]
Not the cuts of a scalpel
These are cuts of a butcher's knife
Devastating effects
On human life

[Bridge]
A shameful crisis of morality
As millions live and die in poverty
Is this the 21st century?
There has to be a better way

[Chorus]
Austerity kills
Austerity