Compartmentalized

from Something in the Noise by The Upticks

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If time were flying slower
I swear it would be moving backward
But then I could rewind
If only to find
One or two good days to redo
Once upon a time
I wasn't always waiting in line
But now I've got bills, I've got rent
My wallet is spent
And god damnit, I'm a little spent, too

And all I know is
We're only trying to live these lives
We know are compartmentalized
In boxes all mislabeled
We stack under the table
And once our small paychecks have cleared
We'll go spend it all on beer
And I will buy us all a round
And we'll drink those woes right down

And this cycle may never end
So have a seat my friend

Now my head starts to throb
Working this nowhere job
I can barely repower
I just sleep a few hours
Wake up and stumble back out the door
Dad says it's time to get real
I know he's right, but I just can't feel
Like another overtime
For a couple extra dimes
I forget what I was working for

And when will we not be
Struggling just to live these lives
We know are compartmentalized
In boxes all mislabeled
We stack under the table
And once our small paychecks have cleared
We'll go spend it all on beer
And I will buy us all a round
And we'll drink those woes right down

And I still don't know when
This old cycle will ever end
Oh, but until then

And I still don't know when
This old cycle will ever end
Oh, but until then
Have a seat my friend

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from Something in the Noise, released November 20, 2017
Written by Kevin Brosky.

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A four-man rock outfit from two ends of Philadelphia. We make music in an attic.

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