Mae-Mae Han - Education Lyrics

Kid, don't you know what matters
Is just another number
See, we've got a way to judge you
Every weakness, every value
So satellites can claw their way to the stars

Kid, don't you know there's no choice
But to follow my voice
Regurgitate for the score's sake
For your grades, acronymic names
Do what you can to grasp what's been inflated

But surely something's gotta change
From us, from you, and from me
Before another lost soldier
Is spit out from the machine

Kid, tell me what's the matter
Do you now like when your mother
Insists you need to work harder
Wishes you were a little smarter
'Cause your best is never gonna be enough

Kid, let me whisper you the tried plan
To sacrifice all you can
No time for mental health or sleep
Or just time to learn to be
No time to breathe if that is what it'll take

But surely something's gotta change
From us, from you, and from me
Before another lost soldier
Is spit out from the machine

We're all to blame, we're all to blame
We're all to blame

I bear the shame, but you do the same
We're all to blame if something's gonna change