Strange Lot - Seth Sentry

A faint ghost through the raindrops, pace a frozen train stop

My brain throbs as it wanders to my day job

On my way to the place that I hate most

Strange though how I’m still afraid of gettin' laid off

And every day feels the same with a different date

And every face looks as plain as an empty frame

So sick of waitin' for the painter to begin

To paint the plain away, for now a testament to emptiness and

Thoughts ricochet, through my fickle pickled brain

Rain trickles down the grimace, same image, different name

Fault searcher, my soul’s an impulse purchase

'Round here we serve beer, not purpose

Step aside

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread

In the evening, sleep as though I’m dead

I’m so tired, sad and lonely

Happy when I’m dreamin' only

I wanna break free, ain’t escaping here

'Cause I’m tied down, paralyzed in fear

Every day’s the same but everyone has changed

I can’t let it slide, better step aside

We all look so morose

Soaked overcoats, hope comatosed

Folks know the ropes, don’t row the boat, just float

Don’t delay, don’t you go and chase the blown away

Umbrella cross the motorway, tell 'em keep a poker face

For the joker’s sake, hold your plate steady while we load it up

And smoke your face, pretty while your throat is cut

Yeah, things that go bump know what’s up

Only showing love through the drugs and the modem plug

Moments past, only last in photographs, show some gums

Fool the picture homie, no, he couldn’t give a lonely fuck

So they don’t smile they just show their teeth

And sit below the streets on broken rollercoaster seats

With today’s valid ticket like this trip is where they’re all supposed to be

But don’t be difficult, the warning poster’s read

And if it all amounts to this, then all aboard and count your chips

A flock of dirty pigeons fightin' over water fountain sips

Step aside

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread

In the evening, sleep as though I’m dead

I’m so tired, sad and lonely

Happy when I’m dreamin' only

I wanna break free, ain’t escaping here

'Cause I’m tied down, paralyzed in fear

Every day’s the same but everyone has changed

I can’t let it slide, better step aside

Now I could learn to hide a smirk behind a smile

In a nice designer shirt, life of work, buy a pile of dirt

And plant a house in it past the shanty town limits

Where the angry crowds picket, pick a hand-me-down image

And be an average bloke, the same person that you know

That hates work but has to go to pay for the back he broke

Toilin' in the fields, what’s the point of puttin' poison in their meals

When a coin will have them oilin' up the wheels?

For the rich man’s chariot they’re carrying

A figjam arrogance and shrink-wrapped happiness

(Hand it out) Same shit, different brand name

(Gather 'round) Same slip, different cash claim

Wait, welcome to the day it was rocket science

And watch grey become a ying-yang compromise

Throw the canary down the mineshaft

With a gas mask for the last laugh, tip your bar staff

Step aside

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread

In the evening, sleep as though I’m dead

I’m so tired, sad and lonely

Happy when I’m dreamin' only

I wanna break free, ain’t escaping here

'Cause I’m tied down, paralyzed in fear

Every day’s the same but everyone has changed

I can’t let it slide, better step aside

And welcome to the day that the daisy chain

Breaks from the weight and strain, but everythin' remains the same

And welcome to the day that the painter came

Astounded every critic with a thousand different shades of grey

And welcome to the day that the sweat from every brow

Was ours to keep and every pawn was proudly crowned a queen

And welcome to the night that while the captain slept

We abandoned ship with our lanterns lit singing

Step aside

When I wake up, my mind is full of dread

In the evening, sleep as though I’m dead

I’m so tired, sad and lonely

Happy when I’m dreamin' only

I wanna break free, ain’t escaping here

'Cause I’m tied down, paralyzed in fear

Every day’s the same but everyone has changed

I can’t let it slide, better step aside