[00:37.04]"If I don't try then I can't fail.
[00:42.77]If I don't show my heart then no one can break it."
[01:02.74]Everyone today, it seems, is a musician
[01:05.55]A starving artist is a popular position
[01:08.43]Why not a driver or a cook or a physician?
[01:11.59]Why do you work for free when you can earn a salary?
[01:17.41]"Hey man, they've done it all already and, besides, your band will never make a penny."
[01:22.85]But I don't wanna slave away the days until I'm dead
[01:28.86]And I don't wanna lock my dreams in chains around my bed
[01:35.27]I know it seems crude, but it's something to do while the reaper is waiting at the door to take me
[02:04.90]There's a thousand records put out everyday
[02:07.80]Most are never heard or quickly thrown away
[02:10.33]Those that get a spin get old within a day
[02:13.70]All that sweat and blood headlining the dump
[02:20.20]All this culture, man, it's self referential
[02:23.45]All this content, I'm told it's all essential
[02:26.70]It's not slowing down, no, it's growing exponential
[02:29.84]What you rowing for? You'll never reach that shore
[02:35.83]"Hey man, they've done it all already and, besides, your band will never make a penny."
[02:41.01]But I don't wanna slave away the days until I'm dead
[02:47.28]And I don't wanna lock my dreams in chains around my bed
[02:53.78]I do what I do cuz someday we'll lose to the reaper waiting at the door to take us
[03:26.45]...ironic t-shirts...on ironic people...