I've been stuck in my shell for too long, Cruising at a snail's pace wanting to move on, They tried to pour salt on me but I was too strong, So anybody getting in my way can DO ONE

(VERSE 1): Way too many things to give a f**k about, Should be galvanised, getting up and out, Find me paralysed upon my comfy couch, Analysing till my nut is up the spout, Repetition, should have seen it coming how I never listen, give myself the run-around, Hedonism's getting in another round, Abstinence is telling me to put it down, Arrogance persuaded me I'd sussed it out, Used to know it all when I was young and proud, Only thing I know is I know nothing now, Only thing for certain is I'm full of doubt, Only close my curtains when the sun is out, Only happy underneath a thundercloud, Finding silver linings when my luck is down, Silver tongued, but then I put my foot in mouth, Really I just wanna spread the love about, Doing good until my karma comes around, Try'na open up my heart the full amount, But can't because the trust I had is running out (CHORUS x2): Am - biva - lent, Sometimes I don't know who I - Am - disso - nant, This whole world's got me feeling… (VERSE 2): Caught between a tragedy and comedy, Can't shut off the director's commentary, First-person, second guess constantly, Consistent in my own hypocrisy, Definitely maybe, surely probably, Same as everybody I'm an oddity, Anonymous, homogenous anomaly, Extraordinary mediocrity, Know the media is brainwashing me, Dirty mind, ashamed of my biology, Seldom meditated in a monastery I'd rather medicate and stay in poverty, Sorry but I never give apologies, Never follow rules and that's my policy, Self-proclaimed saint of apostasy Who wrote a choose-your-own-adventure prophecy, Honest liar, counterfeit modesty, Fish to water, Taurus to crockery, A dead serious, mockery, Never bought a ticket, never won the lottery (CHORUS x2)

(CHORUS): Oh my God! He moves in mysterious ways and nobody know why, Oh my Goddess! I've been try'na open up my mind to find the most high, Holy cow! Maybe I should seek the divine inside the bovine Praise Cthulhu! Hail Bob Ross! Oh My - God... (VERSE 1): They shot it in the streets and they stock it in the store, Get your hit of piety, you want it then it's yours, Zombified society, rotten to the core, High off'a sobriety, sozzled off the looooooord good lord… Schadenfreude, shock and awe, All the audience applaud, hollering for more, Come along and gawp at the horribly deformed, Welcome to the freak show, leave your morals at the door, As long as it ain't me it doesn't bother me at all, In the cosmic lottery who got the shorter straw, Follow me online, watch me be appalled, first-worldian, Mollycoddled, swaddled up in cotton wool and gauze, Hallowed be thy name, hollow be our cause, Slab of meat up in my skull but I've forgotten what it's for, God talks to me, so I'm not really sure If I'm a prophet or, if I should be locked up on a ward (CHORUS) (GOD SPEAKS) (VERSE 2): Dropped a splash on the canvas and so The universe is nothing but a happy little accident, Happy little trees and miserable Homo sapiens, Slouching their shoulders, devolving to habilis, Concrete jungle inhabitants, socially construct barriers, Putting up battlements, Is it any wonder that God is so mad at us? Probably not a fan of us, much prefers the platypus, Blessed be the arrogant, “My God'd batter yours”, Strike you with lightning for doubting he's magnanimous, Maybe we should lighten up, he's having a laugh with us, Might just find enlightenment if you're passing the chalice but – Look, my intent was never to be blasphemous, Whatever gets you through, we're all looking for patterns in the randomness, I hope to be compassionate, hand on the bible, I swear to tell the truth while acting as devil's advocate (CHORUS)

We all bleed blood, we all eat toast, Don't front like you're keto, we know, Up in my socials, begging for reposts, Get off my feed, bro, I ain't feeding your ego, Reinventing the wheel, car crash peepshow, Quarter life crisis, midpoint reload, But props to you for not letting the dream go, Sharing your gift, I hope you kept the receipt though, Proud member of the Losers' Club, Used to have a screwface, learnt to loosen up, So don't be gettin' aloof on us, you don't win Friends with salad unless your lettuce is Lucifer's, But if you let the beef stew, getting through it's tough, Soon enough they're up in arms like a humerus, Funny how they can beast, but lack the human touch, Fluent flowing Double-Time-Quadruple-Dutch, We're all deluded, me too, I'll admit it, But I know I'm deluded, in that sense I'm with it, You're so sensitive, always bickering with the critics, Tried to knock it for 6 but all your getting is crickets, Hurt your pride like a kick to the middle wicket, I'm just try'na get you to reflect upon the mirror's image, You're acting like you never dipped a biscuit, Or like you never picked your nose and licked it, quit your fibbing, listen… Make you double-back like a cul-de-sac, Harsh dramaturge, you need to cut the act, Ironic statement, subtle blag, Undergrad, Tumblr blog, humble brag, Keep praying that the culture is coming back, While the vultures pull at scraps, “Disgruntled cats, fear not - it's The White Rapper! Here to save the world from the scourge of mumble rap!!” The seamless robe doesn't suit you well, Play the white knight, every move's an L, Armchair activist, try'na prove yourself, Found yourself when you first heard “Lose Yourself”, So if you're gassing, I'll spark it and start fires, All’a my joints inflamed, that's arthritis, Hard-wired to carve up bar-biters, a sharp knife Through butter, divisive as Marmite is

(INTRO): I keep my distance, watch the world behind a pane of glass, Broken transmissions, garbled words, crossed wires, I keep my distance… (VERSE 1): I stay confined, But it's fine, cos it's safe inside, Infodemic: Shock and Terror, It came from outer space, invading my state of mind, A brain in a jar, bathed in brine, Self-preservation, misplaced my spine, Basking in blue light, rain or shine, My favourite waste of time, digging for gold in a data mine (CHORUS): I keep my distance, watch the world behind a pane of glass, Broken transmissions, garbled words, crossed wires, (Stay detached) Ruler of this land I built from scraps and old tin cans, Nothing left to say just (Let the hours pass) (VERSE 2): Try'na fight the feeling that's all-consuming, Maybe all I need, is some more consuming, If I spend more money, I'll be more alluring, More charming, more like a normal human, (yeeeah right) The more the merrier, but in my warm cocoon I'll settle for more seclusion, a comfortable illusion, A million stories in a condominium, But we ignore the nuance, close our curtains and draw conclusions, I'd like to get to know ya, but it ain't worth the hassle, We hide behind a wall of small talk and gabble, Commuters move through the streets like cattle, Every one fights their own silent battle, Don't make eye contact or ask sensitive questions, Broken eggs wherever we're treading, A shell of ourselves, forget where we're heading, Best friends split in several directions, Leave a trail of severed connections, Indulge in every obsession you choose to revel in 24-7, Welcome to Western perfection, Plastic happiness, microwave meal for one, Nought to depressed in seventy seconds (CHORUS) (VERSE 3): I try to hold it down, and control the pressure, But it's a herculean effort just to hold my head up, Misanthropic, more morose than ever, Double negative, but I don't know no better, Separated from the pack, in the frozen weather, We've become detached, caught up in our own endeavours, So if you feel the same, consider this an open letter, Remember that we're all alone together (CHORUS)

(CHORUS x2): You've been working too hard, Gettin’ stressed out, What's that all about? You need to take a breather (VERSE): You've been running round like a lunatic, Soon you're gonna explode, I see the fuse is lit, What you need to do is - take it down a notch, Kotch, pour a glass of scotch if you wanna, Roll some marijuana - if that's what you're in to, I think you think too much sometimes, Just be kind to yourself and unwind (CHORUS x2)

(CHORUS x1): Ya got the gift of the gab, You can grift, you can grab what you want, If you're swift, you can have it all, But you'd better watch your back when the shit hits the fan (VERSE 1): Easy money just stick to the plan, So greezy, man'd never stick to the pan, Stick to the script, The snake oil sales pitch, slick with the shtick, it's a scam, The trick is to win your confidence, Get on first-name basis, shower you with compliments, You and me'll make a lot of money All for a small investment, I know you can cough it up, Promises of living opulent, Timeshare villas on the hill up on the continent, Limited time offer, miss it and you'll be sorry, If you want it just sign these documents, Fell in a pit that's bottomless, Cursed with a pyramid scheme, no sarcophagus, Prey on the least cognizant, And you too can get your profit up (CHORUS x2) (VERSE 2): Easy money just stick to the plan, So greezy, man'd never stick to the pan, Stick to your guns, Spin those yarns till these marks are convinced you're the man, Rinse 'em however you see fit, Survival of the best blagger, better believe it, If you got the brass bollocks Get 'em to bend spoons and tell 'em that it's telekinesis, Claim you'll let 'em into the secret, Paint that bullshit gold, fill it with sequins, Write a book on making money Then make money by selling it to desperate dreamers, Positive thinking and “thetans”, How to win friends, extort and deceive 'em, Cold reading, be a medium, Quickest way into their the pocket's through their feelings (CHORUS x2)

(CHORUS): Everything was fine then along came 2020, Thought I knew where I was heading and my vision was 2020, It was all going steady then we entered in to 2020, Looking back I wasn't ready, but hindsight's 2020, None of us were ready… (VERSE 1): Living on the edge of a volcano, We refuse to believe it could one day blow, Till we're in the middle of a modern day Pompeii And we're lost in the smoke as the Gods take hold, King or a queen or a John/Jane Doe, All your best laid plans, one great joke, Cos it's all bets off when we all get dropped In the belly of the beast where the entrées go, Gorging on info, product of the silicone age, Still yearn for the innocent days, I'm Citizen Kane, Sittin' in my invisible cage, Hit a switch in my brain, I'm Phineas Gage, Struggle to engage in a cynical game Where privately-educated idiots reign, But the so-called unskilled keep the world spinning, All of my heroes are on minimum wage (PRE-CHORUS x2): And I don't know who pulled the rug away, If we'll go back to how it was or find another way, But I'm just happy I can live to see another day… (CHORUS) (VERSE 2): The western world gets weary, carrying a heavy load, Tethered to the past, but how can we let it go? And there's no way we can bury it, While we keep reaping the benefits from the seeds that we never sowed, Welcome II the Terrordome, where the pot to the kettle Is the copper with the metal so the pressure grows, Empires crumble, monuments fall, Nothing's ever set in stone, So as recession sets in we brace for depression, Gazing into the black mirror, face our reflection, Viral violence But the poison's the cure so we're raising the rate of infection, No answers but we're raising the questions, Small deeds over the greatest intentions, In 2020 we took a lot of losses, I just pray we retain all the lessons (PRE-CHORUS x2 + CHORUS) (OUTRO): A strong dose of reality, Sobered up, holding on for sanity, When the ground’s pulled out we all fall down, And things’ll never be the same Another dose of, “No but how can it be?” Suddenly snapped out a dream, hit with the force of the gravity When the sirens sound we all fall down, And things’ll never be the same

Too much talk, not enough listening, Too much focus on fitting in, Too many middlemen, meddling, sticking their filthy fingers In everything, try'na grab a piece of that pie In the sky, while our ideas are half-baked, Can't make money and can't make art for art's sake, Maybe it's our fate, maybe it's hard luck, Maybe I'm half-arsed or maybe I'm half-cut - Whatever, remember the life I left behind, Cut myself loose from the suit, severed ties, You say I'm apathetic, I say I'm zen, You say I'm disengaged, I say nevermind, Just get it how you live, give as good as you get, Do whatever you need to do to get through the day and protect your pride, The real recognise, the fake generalise, Up in their ivory tower watching with emerald eyes, Precious stones are moulded by pressure, Most soaked in blood but won't those impress her, So weighed down, a whole load of debt, But hold no regrets, and don't forget That we're all in it together, yeah? Except the playing field hasn't been levelled yet, I try and tell 'em End up yelling at brick walls, like I've got a score To settle with the cement, need to settle like sediment At the bottom of beer bottles, drowning my sorrow Until I hit rock bottom, went from being the mutt's nuts To the dogsbody, being obedient for a piece of the profit, I dropped the lot and I'm not sorry, Either I'm discombobulated or I'm off me rocker, Got a screw loose and lost the washer, Lost the plot but that story was boring anyway, Time to renovate, clear the bats out the belfry and redecorate, Regenerate like an axolotl, I don't ask for lots But I don't wanna have to grovel, so 'low the chat I've had it with the waffle, You're boggling up my noggin and opportunity's knocking, Just drop the monologue I gotta be off, Too much talk, not enough listening, Too much focus on fitting in, Too much jostling for position, I'm sick of it so I'm sitting back, Living life the way I wanna live it you ain't with it then - Whatever