[Verse 1]
Cocaine coffee marching through my veins
Tiny soldiers heading to my brain
Whisper softly, tranquilize the pain
It takes an army to get me through the day

[Chorus]
Shine my shoes, I cross the river
I'll step into the storm
Win or lose, I'll be a prisoner
What am I fighting for?

[Post-Chorus]
In this civil war, civil war
Civil war, civil war

[Verse 2]
Part-time struggle, living with the itch
I can't hide it when ambition starts to twitch
I know sharp-tone grumbles won't go very far
And paper armour won't save you from the war

[Chorus]
Shine my shoes, I cross the river
I'll step into the storm
Win or lose, I'll be a prisoner
What am I fighting for?
[Post-Chorus]
In this civil war, civil war
Civil war, civil war

[Bridge]
Every time nicotine calls
Blood thins with alcohol
This battle's gonna kill us all
So give it up for the rise and fall

[Chorus]
Shine my shoes, I cross the river
I'll step into the storm
Win or lose, I'll be a prisoner
What am I fighting for?
Shine my shoes, I cross the river
I'll step into the storm
Win or lose, I'll be a prisoner
What am I fighting for?

[Post-Chorus]
In this civil war, civil war
Civil war, civil war
Civil war, civil war
Civil war, civil war