Take the strain, can you take it?Take the strain or even fake itTake the strain, aren`t we lucky?Take the strain to be breathingTake the strainAre you the man in the next bedWithout the tubes, without the life support?Maybe the man whose pockets weigh you downTake the strain, do you wear strife?Take the strain like a clownTake the strain or accumulateTake the strain with a frownTake the strainAre you the animalThat escapes the snares and traps?Bearing no quarry scarsAnd the hunter`s crownWe were taught to follow leaders, follow leadersNever to challenge the singular packThe goals they set slip the grasp, slip our graspChasing tails without the basic factsChoose full pain, violate, make the gradeTaut wires Frey, electro-brain, take the strainWe were taught to follow leaders, follow leadersNever to challenge the singular packThe goals they set slip the grasp, slip our graspChasing tails without the basic facts