Rat Race
Breaking Free from the Rat Race: Unveiling the Illusions of Success
Lyrics
You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need
You are working at your own pace to acquire necessary skills.
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
Future promises hold no certainty or guarantee.
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
The person being addressed has a Ph.D. qualification.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
The speaker has only achieved a basic qualification (O level in art) which didn't benefit them.
Working for the rat race
Engaging in the monotonous routine of the working world.
You know you're wasting your time
A realization that this work is a futile use of time.
Working for the rat race
Continuing in the unfulfilling rat race.
You're no friend of mine
The speaker does not consider the person a friend due to their involvement in the rat race.
You plan your conversation to impress the college bar
Planning conversations to impress others, especially in a college setting.
Just talking about your Mother and Daddy's Jaguar
Discussing materialistic possessions like a Jaguar car owned by parents.
Wear your political T-shirt and sacred college scarf
Symbolic clothing choices (political T-shirt, college scarf).
Discussing the worlds situation but just for a laugh
Talking about global issues without genuine concern, just for amusement.
You'll be working for the rat race
Repeating the idea of working in the rat race and its futility.
You know you're wasting your time
Emphasizing the realization of wasting time in the rat race.
Working for the rat race
Continuing to work in a system that offers no personal fulfillment.
You're no friend of mine
The speaker reiterates that those in the rat race are not considered friends.
Working for the rat race
Repeating the concept of wasting time in the rat race.
You know you're wasting your time
Highlighting the realization that time is being wasted.
Working for the rat race
Continuing to emphasize the unfulfilling nature of the rat race.
You're no friend of mine
Reiterating that those in the rat race are not considered friends.
Just working at your leisure to learn the things you don't need
Repeating the idea of working leisurely on unnecessary things.
The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee
Future promises are reiterated as having no certainty.
I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.
Highlighting the person's Ph.D. qualification again.
I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me
Reiterating the speaker's minimal academic achievement and its perceived lack of value.
Working for the rat race
Repeating the theme of working in the rat race.
You know you're wasting your time
Stressing the awareness of wasting time in the rat race.
You're working for the rat race
Explicitly stating that the person is working for the rat race.
You're no friend of mine
Reiterating that those in the rat race are not considered friends.
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