Most people's lives remained pretty shitty
None of the scumbag bankers went to jail
Most of the jobs created in the vaunted recovery thereafter
Were temporary positions
The pain of seeing a system completely fail
Never leaves some people
It's not really part of our national discourse
But a lot of people completely checked out in 2008
And in the following years
Time is thin I don't even cherish things
Unless they come with puppet strings
Man I love that shit
Playground melting with my self esteem
I punch my rotten body just to blow off steam
Doomsday clock missing hands
Ticking time bomb in everybody's business plans
Next generation have to give up
Put the .45 inside the palms of every kid
Doomsday clock missing hands
Ticking time bomb in everybody's business plans
Next generation have to give up
Put the .45 inside the palms of every kid
It's the fucked up 19 year old who hates himself
Because he doesn't feel like he's good at anything
He feels like he'll never get the chance to grow up
And sees his parents who have to work until they die
Because they got wiped out by the market
And decides that he's right to give up
Sit outside at 3am watch the planet fall
Wait all night and then I start again I didn't get to see it all
Been a bad day, bad week and a bad lifetime
Watch the minutes fly by
End is nigh so why should I care
My ignorance is thick and I choose to live in bliss
Not so different we all suffer just the same
Same shit different day
Same pits that we live in
Same problem just a different coat of paint
What a waste of good glitter
Spread it all around like litter
Cowardice inside of me
Inadequate to speak with others
Too avoidant never have a special moment
Drift in lonely waters
Doomsday clock missing hands
Ticking time bomb in everybody's business plans
Next generation have to give up
Put the .45 inside the palms of every kid
Doomsday clock missing hands
Ticking time bomb in everybody's business plans
Next generation have to give up
Put the .45 inside the palms of every kid
2008 didn't bring the pitchforks
It didn't scare any CEOs or private equity managers
It just made everyone too fucking beaten down
For anyone who deserves it to see the inside of the cell
But people who have been flattened by the earth still live
Even if they feel they don't fit in anywhere
And of course
One place was tailor made in our culture
For people who did not fit