the deadline's on the way
you can't delay
it's like this every day
a litany of paperwork
you'll go bezerk

and you
are drowned
you are
unwound

and when
you see
there's more
no more


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CHORUS
what do they want from you
and what
what do they want you to do

the paperwork goes on and on
and on
you feel the meaning's gone

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what if i escaped here and started a war
what if someone else already tried that before
what if when i leave here i'm shot in the head
what if there's a reason i was sent here instead

what if there was suddenly a shortage of steve
what if there was suddenly a reason to believe
what if i could make it to the manager's supply
imagine if i managed to destr- (just shut up and die)
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you hate what you became
it's all the same
you forgot your name
and even though you try your best
you fail the test

and now it seems
they crushed your dreams

you soldier on
you can't go on

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CHORUS
what do they want from you
and what
what do they want you to do

the paperwork goes on and on
and on
you feel the meaning's gone

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sitting in the dark and waiting for the answer
sitting in my cube with a terapin enhancer
sitting in a box with "filed" on the side
sitting in a box because i'm trying to hide

thinking of the days when i didn't have to do this
thinking back to when i could, with relish, reminisce
thinking what a waste my life is spent inside a box
thinking how i hate it here and watching the clocks

what if i escaped here and started a war
what if someone else already tried that before
what if when i leave here i'm shot in the head
what if there's a reason i was sent here instead

what if there was suddenly a shortage of steve
what if there was suddenly a reason to believe
what if i could make it to the manager's supply
imagine if i managed to destr-
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