Origami Tiger from I'm Shy by The Briefly Gorgeous

tell me what would you become
if you could make the most of life
if you didn't have to sell
a hundred thousand hours of time
up your dose of caffeine every year
self medicated cheap thrills
to recover sunday morning
not a second left to kill

if you want to clean the dishes off your table

was this some grand idea?
who ever wanted all of this?
living a lie
pretending to be happy for yourself

eyes adjusting to the LEDs
distractions from the evening news
it's as manufactured as consent
to crimes we never knew
what i wouldn't give to see
the burden lifted off your shoulders
maybe life could be a little bit less colder

was this some grand idea?
who ever wanted all of this?
living a lie
pretending to be happy for yourself

something's got to change now
none of us deserve to be consumed

living a lie
something in the air just tastes so bitter
living a lie
pretending to be happy

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