Purplebug

Intro: Am (air conditioner hum distant traffic room tone) [Refrão] Am Wake up tired F Come home older C Every year shorter G Every dream smaller Am Wake up tired F Come home older C Every year shorter G Every dream smaller [Verso 1] Am I thought everybody else F Had life figured out C Some hidden map G Some secret adults get told Am But every job I worked F Looked exactly the same C Different building Different logo G Same lights Same feeling Am Warehouse aisles F Gas station coffee C Cheap apartments G Half-full tanks Am And everybody walking around F Pretending this is normal [Verso 2] Am I kept trying to climb out F But every year C The ladder cost more Am Gas goes up F Rent goes up C Food goes up G Pay stays still Am Smile for the customer F Smile for the manager C Smile for the metrics G Smile so you survive Am I thought I was building a future F But I was only C Renting time [Refrão] Am Wake up tired F Come home older C Every year shorter G Every dream smaller Am Wake up tired F Come home older C Every year shorter G Every dream smaller [Verso 3] Am They told us F Slavery ended Am No Am They just changed F What the chains look like C Direct deposit G Monthly payments C Credit scores G Performance reviews Am They never had to trap us F They just priced C The exits G Too high BREAKDOWN: Dm I had children Am Thinking love would save me Dm Now all I see Am Is future workers Dm Future renters Dm Future debt Dm Future exhaustion Am Born into shifts F Before they can speak C And I hate myself G For understanding it FINAL: (no percussion feel) Am I spent my whole life F Trying to earn my life back C Thinking life would start G After the next job Am After the next payment F After the next year C But the years G Were the product Am The workers suffer F The managers suffer C The owners never stop feeding Am Nobody escapes F The machine just gets quieter C At the top ENDING: (single Am drone) DISTANT VOICE: HEY. GET BACK TO WORK. (silence) Am No. (end)