Lyrics
Living your life by the minutes on your clock
Living a life constrained by time, following the minutes on the clock.
Forgetting reality by a mental block
Ignoring reality through a mental block or defense mechanism.
You can't stand this and you can't stand that
Feeling discontent with various aspects but unable to tolerate them.
You also know where it's been but never where it's at
Aware of the past but uncertain about the present.
All you factory girls and you factory boys
Referring to individuals working in factories, questioning their manipulation.
Whose been winding you up like cheap little toys?
Asking who is controlling and manipulating them like cheap toys.
Don't you know you suffer from metal fatigue
Awareness of experiencing mental fatigue, possibly from routine or stress.
Rust never sleeps in the minor league
Highlighting that wear and tear (rust) occurs even in less significant aspects of life.
This is the problem of iron and steel
Describing a challenge related to the enduring nature of iron and steel.
When you are a cog in a clockwork wheel
Being a small, insignificant part of a larger, mechanical system.
You've set your own course down a well trodden path
Choosing a well-established path and becoming a predictable part of the system.
And made you a cog when you want to laugh
Becoming a mechanical cog even when the desire is to express joy or laughter.
I've got metal fatigue
Reiterating the experience of mental fatigue.
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