Gas, Grass, or Useless Shit
Unveiling Life's Illusions: Gas, Grass, and Existential Struggles
Lyrics
No one's actually standing in your way
No external obstacles are preventing you from making choices.
Of settling for nothing more than
You might be settling for what you are paid without aiming for more.
What you're getting paid
Your compensation includes no additional benefits.
With zero benefits except for when you get a tip that
A tip received may not compensate for what you've spent.
You won't get back after the fact
After spending your cash, tips won't cover your expenses.
You spent the last of your cash on
Expenditures on gas, weed, and perceived necessities.
Gas and weed and shit you swore you needed
No one is compelling you to spend your time getting high alone.
No one's forcing you to get high in your room all night
Your struggles are not someone else's fault, admit if you're not okay.
And it's no one else's fault that you can't say that you're alright
A realization that both parties acknowledge a shared falsehood.
Cuz we both know it's a lie
Acknowledging that pretending everything is fine is a lie.
So you try your best to hide
An attempt to conceal true emotions with humor.
Behind cheap and shitty jokes to keep them laughing
Using humor to keep others entertained and unaware.
How long can you keep this act up
Questioning the sustainability of the facade.
I don't know if this is exactly how I pictured bliss
The current reality doesn't match the envisioned ideal state.
Spending all my time wanting to leave
A desire to escape a situation that is unfortunately necessary.
Somewhere I unfortunately need
Feeling trapped in a place that is undesirable but crucial.
Sand away your days and have the dust get sucked away
Time erodes days, and the environment has a dulling effect.
By the walls inside this place
Walls within this place contribute to the fading of time.
Years will disappear and no amount of import beer
Years pass, but memories can't be revived by expensive beer.
Will ever bring back days from the past
Unfulfilled nostalgia for a time when life seemed clearer.
When you felt like life made much more sense
Uncertainty about the nature of a potentially dangerous situation.
Is this a wick or a wire
Metaphorically igniting a situation, regardless of the method.
Strike up a match start the fire
Regardless of the approach, consequences are inevitable.
Either way, we're both getting burned
Both parties will suffer consequences and gain knowledge.
Either way, we're both gonna learn
An acknowledgment that truth is elusive, and relationships end.
That nothing's true, everyone leaves
Foreseeing a lonely outcome as a consequence of one's actions.
You'll end up alone on the streets
Attributing personal failures to external factors.
Blaming everyone else for shit you did yourself
Self-reflection reveals blame for one's mistakes.
That's all I see staring back at me
A personal realization when looking at oneself.
But it is not what I believe
Differentiating personal beliefs from observed realities.
Just cuz I'm a skeptic doesn't make it less pathetic
A skeptical perspective doesn't diminish the struggle's significance.
I'll still base the way I spend my week off of a fucking excel spreadsheet
Basing life choices on practical considerations like an Excel sheet.
Buying Red Bull every morning while consistently ignoring
Routine purchases and avoidance of self-awareness.
Where I'm at and where I'm going, at this point all I know is
Uncertainty about current location and future direction.
Being more complacent will not find your next replacement
Change requires personal initiative, not just acceptance.
Because shit don't change unless you change it
A realization that personal agency is necessary for change.
I am sure that this isn't how I wanted to exist
Discontent with the current mode of existence.
Becoming something I swore I'd never be
Becoming something contrary to one's initial intentions.
So, let's all shout laments out in the name of apathy
An ironic call to express dissatisfaction with apathy.
And
A transition in thought, introducing a potential solution.
Throw the nametag, buy a forty, grab a fifty sac and meet me
Symbolic actions of rebellion and escape from routine.
In the back where we can all say
A suggested meeting place for those seeking change.
"IT'S TIME THAT WE ALL FOUND BETTER WAYS"
An urging to collectively seek better alternatives.
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