All summer punishing world
Escaping conflicted, the conflict I try to escape
Some of us in heaven, some are in hell
On the edge of our seat, don't know where it's gonna go
It's a punishing world
I laboriously make 'em with my words and thoughts
Further from line I get in spirit and mind
Livin' in terror of debt and in the misery I know
Incredibly punishing world
Appears so real and it does it so well
Man, it's a punishing world
'Til we're all throwin' bombs, screamin', "On with the show!"
Subterfuge, Orwellian doublespeak
Incredibly punishing world
Like changing my position on a cement bed
Such a punishing world
A mess of anxiety that lusts and loathes
Amazing how many things there are that aren't so
Selfishness makes stronger all the ties that bind
Vortex of defensiveness in which I quip
Incredibly punishing world
Yeah, a punishing world
In a punishing world
Punishing world
A vast competition, compulsion to destroy
So much bullshit everywhere I go
What a bummer punishing world
Punishing world
Instead of compassion, lots of love and joy
In a punishing world
Try to find some comfort, what I find instead
Incredibly punishing world
In a punishing world
'Til they're impossible to break, I'm stuck, I'm done
In a punishing world
A consciously awarin' little ego-freak
