In “Only the Elite Get Healed,” Civic Hush delivers her most scathing report yet, exposing the medical caste system of the wasteland. It is a slow-burn anthem of systemic betrayal, detailing the clinical indifference that treats human suffering as a budgetary line item.
The Medical Gaslight
Civic paints a picture of a healthcare system designed to fail the common citizen. She describes the “aching bones in a plastic seat” and the doctors who “tap the screen” instead of looking at the patient. The song highlights the specific horror of being told you’re “fine” while your body “shouts through the mess.” From “mercury lies” in teeth to being blamed for “childhood stress,” Civic documents the myriad ways the establishment dismisses physical trauma to avoid the “cost” of healing.
Trust as a Ghost
The bridge brings back the military cadence, but this time it feels like a funeral march for faith: “Left right left trust is a ghost.” She juxtaposes the efficiency of the billing department against the “lost” test results, revealing where the system’s true priorities lie. In this “toxic serenade,” Pharma is the villain, tossing “rations” of untested pills while the elite skip the line. Civic ends with a vow: though the system tries to “hush the ones who scream too loud,” she will be the voice for everyone left numb in the bunker’s hum.
ONLY THE ELITE GET HEALED
by: Civic Hush
Aching bones in a plastic seat
Waitin hours while the suits skip the heat
Nurse won’t look me in the eye
Doctor taps the screen lets the real me die
They said you’re fine as I trembled through
Told me hydrate sleep and push on through
But the shadow grew where they wouldn’t see
And their indifference buried parts of me
Only the elite get healed
While the rest are left unsealed
They stitch us wrong fill us with lead
And call it care as we’re left for dead
Pharma rolls in with a smile so wide
Tossin pills like rations not even tried
Said this one’s safe just sign right here
Now my blood runs thick with silent fear
Filled my teeth with mercury lies
Left the sutures in never said why
Blamed my pain on childhood stress
While my body shouted through the mess
Only the elite get healed
While the broken go unrevealed
You’ll get help when you’re worth the cost
Till then you’re sick ignored and lost
Left right left trust is a ghost
Left right left but we need it most
Left right left system’s cracked
Left right left no faith intact
Test results lost bills never late
No second opinions unless you’re great
They hush the ones who scream too loud
But Civic Hush won’t be bowed
Only the elite get healed
Our stories bled not sealed
We walk through fire just to be heard
And choke on every promised word
So listen close in the bunker’s hum
To every voice that they left numb
A whisper rises through the steel
Only the elite get healed