[Verse 1]
A life filled with emptiness
Is worse than having none at all
I slave myself away
While hoping that I begin to fall
Play the fanfare again
Can you keep up with this?
It's harder than it looks to be obsequious
[Chorus]
And now the merry-go-round has stopped
Yet you blame me for the time that you lost at the start
You still don't get it yet
You know that I'm not in charge
So quit complaining
Come on swallow
And do your job
Your time already started
Yes, I know I'm just an assistant
Please focus, you're wasting your time
You continue to say this isn't enough for you
Yet the information's all on the pagе
[Verse 2]
This feels completely differеnt now
Your tone is quite a harsher sound...
I don't understand what you want at all
But it's not like I can say no now...
It's still hard being obsequious
While my dignity's being ripped to shreds, oh
Can you still keep up with this?
What do you mean you're still confused after a minute of this?
[Chorus]
And yet the merry-go-round's still stopped
You still blame me for the time that you lost at the start
You still don't get it yet...
You know that I'm not in charge
So quit complaining, come on swallow and do your job
Your time already started
Yes, I know I'm just an assistant
Please focus, you're wasting your time
You continue to groan 'bout the hand that's wrapped around your throat
Yet your lungs' completely able to breathe
[Bridge]
It's like we're at the beginning again
Like a brand new ending to a repeating chain
The viewers get to laugh upon your grave mistakes
Is this all that I earned from-
[Spoken: Adachi Rei, Eleanor Forte ]
Oh no! Are you-
Ah...
[Chorus]
( FIVE six seven eight!)
And so the merry-go-round has stopped
Yet you blame me for the time that you lost at the start
You still don't get it yet
You know that I'm not in charge
So quit complaining, come on swallow and do your job
Your time already started
Yes, I know I'm just an assistant
Please focus, you've wasted your time
You continue to whine about us letting you run dry
Like a wolf crying out on the stage
Reference to the number of contestants, kinda
another performance insanity reference, eleanor forte the contestant comes back! this is also referencing how most contestants treat alex horne as an assistant in the series beacuse they’re tired of his bullshit
there’s many such cases of this happening to alex in taskmaster. maybe other assistants too but i don’t watch the other international taskmaster shows much
Another reference to performance insanity . yk . “But your hand just seems to tighten its hold”
This is a callback to the chorus of performance insanity, which is essentially the prequel to this song.
also a reference to how much alex says “all the information is on the task”