Another Victim

Won’t be a name on a list
Breaking my back for the man
Don’t need a reason to exist
No reason’s worth this pain

Father’s been gone a while now
There’s no food on the table
Gotta cash in somehow
What a predictable fable
I’ll die at my 9 to 5
Productivity’s fatal
I’m not dead yet but I’m barely alive

And I feel
Like a pawn in their game
There’s no way to win
And I see
How your pockets are full
You think I’m a fool

I can waste time all I want
It’s my life and I own it
I could never bite my tongue
Whatever it is, I’ll call it

Father’s been gone a while now
There’s no food on the table
Gotta cash in somehow
What a predictable fable
I’ll die at my 9 to 5
Productivity’s fatal
I’m not dead yet but I’m barely alive
And I feel
Like a pawn in their game
There’s no way to win
And I see
How your pockets are full
You think I’m a fool

I feel
Like I’m stuck in their system
Just another victim
And I see
You taking what’s theirs
Putting things in their heads

Another month that’ll never end
It’s a financial quicksand
Stretching my pockets again
You’d sell your ma for more dividends
Won’t you help me understand
How could you not be ashamed?

Won’t be a name on a list
Breaking my back for the man
Don’t need a reason to exist
No reason’s worth this pain
And I feel
Like a pawn in their game
There’s no way to win
And I see
How your pockets are full
You think I’m a fool

I feel
Like I’m stuck in their system
Just another victim
And I see
You taking what’s theirs
Putting things in their heads

Another month that’ll never end
It’s a financial quicksand
Stretching my pockets again
You’d sell your ma for more dividends
Won’t you help me understand
How could you not be ashamed?