So they say there´s a better way to make it
A 9 to 5 is the only way you´ll make it
But I don´t know if I can take another day of this
Working overtime to save up for tomorrow
While all their promises keep ringing out so hollow
Now they´re taking all the bonuses away from me

I´ve spent a fucking lifetime picking up the pieces
trying to get ahead but I´m still defeated
I never even wanted this at all anyway

Cuz it´s been 5 years of medications
5 years of accusations
5 years enslaved in misery
5 years of dedication
5 years of aggravation
5 years enslaved in misery

It´s all the same as we get a little older
Nowhere to go and too late to start all over
You´re just a number when you´re working for the company
So play along while they rave about the stock price
And pretty soon you´ll be buying into their lies
Conformity is now rewarded with the guarantee

That I´ll spend a fucking lifetime picking up the pieces
Trying to get ahead but I´m still defeated
I never even wanted this at all anyway

Nowhere to run to and now there´s nothing
that will make everything be alright
Once you know that you´re never as important as the bottom line