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Buy Your Time
Thesaurus Rex
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Six feet below me is
Six feet away from me
Mistreat a second, you’re
Risking a legacy
Live on the drip of a
Fixed stream of money
Life like a lab rat
Big screen in front of me
I’m gonna see, gonna see to the end of it
Vision of the future, but you can’t seem to render it
Surrender it, surrender it
It won’t be evident, it’s imminent
Until you’re at the end of it
You got time—waste it away, right?
Find a middle manager and sell him your daylight
You’re saving, you’re an hour behind
And a half penny short
And baby, money is time, and
Your whole purpose
Is to be worthless
And that’s not by mistake
It’s all by design
You’ll make it by, and
They’ll make you buy your time
...
I wish I was wrong
When I was thirteen
When I hated every second
Of the wrecking machine
I wish I grew up and learned it was actually
More than a tax-funded apathy factory
But actually, it’s sad to see
The kind of wickedness you’ll stomach when they’re paying your salary
The malice and the fallacies
If you can palate being callous
You’ll be valuable—but tragically
Your whole purpose
Is to be worthless
And that’s not by mistake
It’s all by design
You’ll make it by, and
They’ll make you buy your time
...
Fish gets a tank
Bird gets a cage
Dog gets a leash
You get a wage
Fish gets a tank
Bird gets a cage
Dog gets a leash
You get a wage
Fish gets a tank
Bird gets a cage
Dog gets a leash
You get a wage
And it’s never enough
To pay for the days
You wish you had back
Baby, you sold them away
...
I’m gonna see, gonna see to the end of it
Vision of the future, but you can’t seem to render it
Surrender it, surrender it
It won’t be evident, it’s imminent
Until you’re at the end of it
Your whole purpose
Is to be worthless
Your whole purpose
Is to be worthless
Your whole purpose
Is to be worthless
And that’s not by mistake
It’s all by design
You’ll make it by, and
You’ll make it by, and
You’ll make it by, and
They’ll make you buy your time