[Verse 1]

Send me on my way

Leave no room for change

Tell me what to say, 'cause I'm

Subject to be replaced by a

Number on a page in a

Novel of second names, and they're

All meant to act the same from their

Birth 'till they meet their grave

[Verse 2]

First off, go to school

Get taught, follow rules

Pursue what they approve to help

You make revenue, and then

Next work a job or two, and don't

Drop, stop, ya snooze ya lose, and if you

Find love to get you through, you can

Retire in matching tombs

[Chorus]

Where's the shock in a book that you've

Already read?

What's explored on a walk that you've

Already tread?

[Verse 3]

Hold up, I've changed my mind

My life is my design

Who cares? It's not a crime to

Reject what I've been assigned by the

Powerful who all rely on the

Workforce that we provide, so it

Helps them if we align, and we

Die just as we arrive

[Chorus]

Where's the shock in a book that you've

Already read?

What's explored on a walk that you've

Already tread?

What's the point in a life lived

Exactly as prescribed?

Where's the shock in a book that you've

Already read-read-read

[Instrumental Break]

[Coda]

They act like your life's an

Escalator, with their

Society first, and your

Priorities later, will you

Stand for this shit, are you

Going to take it? will we

Collide with these worlds, or are my

Honest dreams wasted?