woke up this morning another building torn down not by a plane by a parking lot think of every person that has walked into the door think of every tear that was shed upon the floor every baby s cry answered every lover s sigh met and i know yes i know there was life inside it yet i ask you who benefits when the contract has been signed who benefits generations down the line who benefits who s the victim of the crime yeah the money s in your pocket and it happens every time never knew brick and mortar so easy to displace never knew steel and timber was so easy to erase just some greed some greed a touch of ego too to crucify the memory of all we once knew i ask you 