Endure to Be Burned

Another test, no leeway It has to be perfect Somehow you succeed Now it's a building block To the next thing So keep working, keep adding Put the foundation Suffer through hardship Add to the frame Get knifed in the back But survive and succeed This is your life's work, You follow instructions, Every last one, Add a second floor To the great place You're building But the temperature is up A lifetime toiling The way everyone said And it's hot like the sun Sweat pouring down You can't get out Of the prison you built It burns you A furnace A joke to endure The last laugh Your closing day The final cremation A joke to endure The final cremation