5 Years

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

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

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