[Verse 1]

I got gum in my hair, I got blood on my shoes

I got a million different reasons to be singing the blues

But mainly, I'm just confused, is there something I missed?

It's like everyone is doomed, but nobody's pissed

And I'm alive, I'm alive, but it doesn't feel right

It's like I'm under the control of an undetectable device

Wait! I got answers in my hand, Siri, what is wrong with me?

She says she "doesn't understand," then feeds me links on irony

[Chorus]

This is beginning to feel like a shakedown

We're sailing sideways through a fallacy

Trying not to slip and choke on the way down

Cover your assets if you know what I mean

I've got a bucket of dreams, I've got a head full of steam

I'm much too privileged to preach, did fascists kill this machine?

If I was sleeping, then I swear, I'm awake now

Because I'm drowning in a fallacy

[Verse 2]

I took a seat at the table, I cut the deck with my stare

Bet all my chips on a straight, the bastard won with a pair

I felt the ship begin to shake, I felt a changin' in the air

I set a picnic on the plank and dropped my tickets to the fair

God lit a candle on Monday so he could build us a home

He let it burn until Sunday, then took a seat at his throne

The world caught fire, flames grew higher as he left it alone

And now it's too damn hot to touch, the flesh just drips right off the bone

[Bridge]

But I'm still confused, I'm stuck on the fence

Between "missing the point" and "there's nothing to get"

As we're fighting to find meaning to this ride around the sun

I've heard a million different reasons and can't believe a single one

[Chorus]

This is beginning to feel like a shakedown

We're sailing sideways through a fallacy

Trying not to slip and choke on the way down

Cover your assets if you know what I mean

I've got a bucket of dreams, I've got a head full of steam

I'm much too privileged to preach, did fascists kill this machine?

If I was sleeping, then I swear, I'm awake now

Because I'm drowning in a fallacy

[Outro]

This is beginning to feel like a shakedown

(Because we're drowning in a fallacy)

This is beginning to feel like a shakedown

(Drowning in a fallacy)

I got a brain full of bees, I bite my tongue till it bleeds

Up to my neck in concrete, I really want to believe

That if I was sleeping, then I swear, I'm awake now

Because I'm drowning in a fallacy