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