‘cause i’m sayin’ ain’t i in chains, i’m restrained
No one hears ‘cause ain’t nothin’s changed, nothing’s changed
Took a left on the m5, spaced in the summer sun
Told i must wear a necktie to place on the up and up
But it’s more a leash than a bow, at least i know that it’s a rubbish dump
Encrusted in rust and dust, rough on my luck, like i’m “stuck in a…” (haha)
f#ck it, trust is running on a budget, but it’s not like i’m trying to be unproductive
Turn a corner on the cobblestones, work towards a common goal
Acclimatise to 9-to-5, i might survive to hobble home
They tell me freedom is a frame of mind, and i agree
But it’s hard to change my life and stay aligned whеn all i see
Is the steel and the concretе, peel back the irony
And see there’s earth below the trains
Beyond the scrapers: sky to see
‘cause i’m sayin’ ain’t i in chains, i’m restrained
No one hears ‘cause ain’t nothin’s changed, nothing’s changed
When i was younger (talk to ‘em)
My favourite animal at the zoo was the tiger (word)
King of the jungle, admirable and cool (cool), but inside the (yeah)
Habitat wasn’t natural; it moved in a cycle
Incompatible, intractable, i knew that it was tired
Of walking the same path every day, paved march ready-made
It ain’t a lie to say its way of life could be in a better state
It makes me think of how we’re all addicted to routine (facts)
Breeze through, but don’t proofread, to reduce our duties
I need you to preclude these as previews to what could be
If you seek truth, then you’ll see it if you remove all the newspeak
That we’re all tigers trapped in one way or another
Subscribe to that? nah, i’m more than my name and a number (let’s go, skrrt)
‘cause i’m sayin’ ain’t i in chains, i’m restrained
No one hears ‘cause ain’t nothin’s changed, nothing’s changed
Just being honest, my conscience is lost for days
Thoughts in a haze, fought and i prayed, for what i gotta say
Freedom i crave, i’ll find where there’s no cellphones
It’s a well-known hellhole, threshold’s higher at low tempos
Find the validation that i seek from applications on a screen
Can’t examine the damage taken from this damn addiction to machine
Monuments for narcissism, a confluence of heart conditions
Conscious confidence, or cockiness – coppin’ a carbon copy of this
Or do i cut and paste, what i suffer to enunciate
From this cluttered brain when it comes in waves
I suffocate from the sudden weight, like i’m up against my drunken state
Do i run away or undertake the same debate on another day
I f#ckin’ hate that nothing’s changed
‘cause i’m sayin’ ain’t i in chains, i’m restrained
No one hears ‘cause ain’t nothin’s changed, nothing’s changed
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