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