This Place Is a Prison

What does it take, how long must I wait?
From the cascades to puget sound
In my living room late last night
What does it take, how long must I wait?
What does it take to get a drink in this place?
Pretending there's glamor and candelabra

What does it take to get a drink in this place?
When you're drinking by candlelight

But you are not permitted to leave
It was almost too bright to see

There's guards at the on ramps armed to the teeth
I know that it's not a party

If it happens every night
Inhaling thrills through 20 dollar bills

And you may case the grounds
I know there's a big world out there
And the tumblers are drained and then flooded again and again
Like the one that I saw on the screen