Innocent Lifeforms

Rosa dreams of driving Nascar
She’s got the right game
But not as planned
The job she lands
Slaughtering big hogs

Her hands rough from the
Criss-crossed scars
Shaking, her back aches
With strained eyes she can
See only ham
While driving in grid lock

Rosa here I forgot
Who’s on the right side?
The one sliced
On the edge of your knife
Or you innocent lifeform?

On the news she is a talking point
She’s working whose job?
Her bosses pay less each day
Who knows what she does?

Rosa hеre I forgot
Who’s on the right side?
Thе one sliced
On the edge of your knife
Or you innocent lifeform?

Rosa here i forgot
Which is the right side?
To be carved
By José at ICE, or
You innocent lifeform?

And at the end of the day
She winds down on the couch
To watch something and slip away
But smiling on the TV
Snorts a piggy face
Nose deep in a trough
Rooting for talking points to make

Last night she had a fucked up dream
Her leg in a Safeway
80% lean ground meat
And half off for today

Rosa here I forgot
Who is now hog-tied?
The pig that’s sliced
By the edge of your knife
Or the woman who takes its life?

Rosa here I forgot
Which is the right side?
To be caught by José at ICE, or
You innocent lifeform

And at the end of the day
She winds down on the couch
To watch something and slip away
But smiling on the TV
Snorts a piggy face
Nose deep in a trough
Rooting for talking points to make

And the line stretched for miles
Their eyes they know
That I will bolt them

And she said to me
I’m not crying
Cause I forget who holds the gun
How to believe soon gone?