[Verse 1]
There's a pattern in the numbers, if you look beyond the page
Every policy decision builds a cage
The old folks get their benefits, the young ones pay the price
Rolling dice with future lives, not thinking twice
[Chorus]
Pass the burden down, down, down
Make the young ones wear the crown
Of debt and duty, serve and pay
While the gains just slip away
It's the pattern, can't you see?
Generational inequity
[Verse 2]
Social programs growing larger, funded by tomorrow's kids
Military spending that never hits the skids
Healthcare costs and pension plans, they promise more each year
But who will foot the bill when the reckoning draws near?
[Chorus]
Pass the burden down, down, down
Make the young ones wear the crown
Of debt and duty, serve and pay
While the gains just slip away
It's the pattern, can't you see?
Generational inequity
[Bridge]
National security they claim
But it's just a money game
Taking from the future's hand
To pay for promises so grand
The young will serve, the young will fight
While the old sleep safe at night
[Verse 3]
Every budget tells a story of who wins and who will lose
The pattern's clear if you just choose
To see beyond the rhetoric and look at what we do
The sacrifice is never shared, it's always pushed on through
[Chorus]
Pass the burden down, down, down
Make the young ones wear the crown
Of debt and duty, serve and pay
While the gains just slip away
It's the pattern, can't you see?
Generational inequity
[Outro]
Break the pattern, change the game
Fairness doesn't look the same
When you're standing on the shoulders
Of the future's young soldiers