[Verse 1]
Haven’t had a good time since I was a kid
No hobbies, no gifts
Clock commodities, constant robbery
Watches follow me in
From solid rock to the crib
All of life is a shift
Capitalism says it isn’t profitable to exist
Parting with my dreams, better be a good part of the machine
Tardiness is seen as farcical and weak
Pardon me, it’s marketless indeed
Just let us live for once, kid a bunch
Do all this useless stuff
Keep working us to death
Pray we don’t give it up
[Pre-Chorus 1]
All work, living’s tough
And they don’t even give a fuck
All work, living’s tough
And they don’t even give a fuck
[Chorus]
Tell me why I can’t bring it back
To the place where I lingered at
Free time, no strings attached
Free time, no strings attached
Tell me why I can’t bring it back
To the place where I lingered at
Free time, no strings attached
Free time, no strings attached
[Verse 2]
See my dad work just way too much
My mom wakes up at dawn to go to work
Grades papers past dusk
They don’t even want us to eat
Unpaid lunch
And I’m a hungry student
Quite a nuisance
Such redundant underachieving
But a hundred reasons to keep it dull and defeating
Breathing with no choice, pissed off voice, lip-dubbed noise
Tells me expectations here don’t mix with joy
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that
And when he told me that, I said
[Chorus]
Tell me why I can’t bring it back
To the place where I lingered at
Free time, no strings attached
Free time, no strings attached
Tell me why I can’t bring it back
To the place where I lingered at
Free time, no strings attached
Free time, no strings attached
[Outro]
Work culture, I’m depressed
Desperately need a break
All day, all night
Don’t know how much more that I can take
Work culture, I’m depressed
Desperately need a break
All day, all night
Don’t know how much more that I can take
Work culture, I’m depressed
Desperately need a break
All day, all night
Don’t know how much more that I can take
Work culture, I’m depressed
Desperately need a break
All day, all night
Don’t know how much more that I can take