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The Trade-Off
03:21
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morning traffic
yellow lines
and I wonder, but I know just what I'm doing here
another day of trading time for things and feeling weird
but I pretend that I don't know what I'm doing here
it makes it easier to face the place I always fear
tired long faces
through clouds of exhaust
and no one looks as if they really wanna be here now
this is the way that we decide to spend our day somehow
another day inside, while outside it is beautiful
we're all concerned about behavior that is dutiful
trading time for money
trading time for space
trading life away for
things that need a place
job titles
business cards
I can't help feeling that we must be missing something here
there must be more to life than time for work and time for beer
I wonder if we really need all these new cars this year
the plants are shutting down, so why are we still working here?
trading time for money
trading time for space
trading life away for
things that need a place
I won't do it forever
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2. |
Day After Day Pt. I
03:01
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day after day
you're staring right through me
pretending to listen
not talking to me
your eyes are clouded
your face is tense
your thoughts are shrouded
and your mood is dense
where are you?
no, I don't know where you've gone
yeah, I wish you would've asked me to come along
even when you're home, you're never really home
even when the light is on, I can tell you wanna be alone
even when you're here, you're never holding me
even when you're holding me you always end up scolding me
even when your mouth is smiling, even when your voice is laughing
your eyes are still frowning and you never see what happens
days turn into weeks, and you never seem to notice
even when your ears are open, you don't wanna know it
you listen but you don't hear
and you left me standing here
where are you?
no, I don't know where you've gone
yeah, I wish you would've asked me to come along
day after day
you're staring right through me
pretending to listen
not talking to me
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3. |
Ambition
04:32
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you think you need to be somebody
don't bother, it won't happen
you're driving yourself crazy
thoughts in my head that just won't get out
sounds in my skull that just won't shut up
I just want to turn it off
people say weird things to me
asking why I care so much
I just want to shut them up
what if nobody cared? what if nobody tried?
we could all go home and watch TV together...
we would all be so happy, getting fat and loving one another
I would fucking kill myself
it really isn't all that bad
what's so wrong with a normal life?
9 to 5, a house and a wife?
you'll get to retire one day
you'll get to retire one day
don't you think it's time to grow up?
everybody else has...
everybody question me
tellin' me it can never be
I just want to shut them up
thoughts in my head that just won't get out
sounds in my skull that just won't shut up
I just want to turn it off
what if nobody cared? what if nobody tried?
we could all go home and watch TV together...
we would all be so happy, getting fat and loving one another
I would fucking kill myself
I just want to shut them up.
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4. |
Despair
05:04
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dreaming
why you always dreaming?
man, you're scheming
talking to your demons
will you ever let it go?
give way to the ebb and flow?
people never really make it
they just take jobs they think they can live with
will you ever realize this?
will you ever come to grips?
(get it, tell me when you're gonna get it...)
reason?
why you want a reason?
aren't you happy with the change in season?
why must you act so upset?
don't you have a nice warm bed?
(get it, I don't think you really get it...)
how long will it take for you to go insane?
(forget it, I really think you should forget it...)
what's in your brain? is there much pain? are you insane?
(get it, tell me when you're gonna get it...)
how long will it take for you to go insane?
one two three four five six seven
not all good folks get to heaven
you'll never make it
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5. |
Day After Day Pt. II
05:09
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come on man, sit right down
i've got something to tell you now
these men who run this town
they don't let their profits down
they will let you drown
day after day, they're gonna get to you
dressed up in suits, tellin' you what to do
wondering where your heart resides
infected with the hunger that never subsides
when they go home at night
they count their money right
and not a single one has seen the light
it's a goddamn disease
spreading like rabies
they'll turn you into one of them
they just want it all from you
this is who are and what you do
and if that's not enough for you
well, there must be something wrong with you
they'll never know the way it makes a person feel
when they finally realize some things aren't real
I want to wake up in the morning and decide
what is important to me in this, my own life
and if you ask me if I'm happy
I'll say that I can't complain
I have a good job, I make good money
I have a girlfriend, she really likes me
but here I'm sitting in this office
and just freezing in the AC
and I'm wondering about all the things
I could be doing
instead of just sitting here
I don't think I'm getting this time back now
sitting here, I watch the hours slide
I don't think I'm getting this time back now
I am panicking quietly inside
what if on the day that I am dying
I am filled to the brim with regret
for sitting idle too long in this chair here
and managing my own goals to forget?
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