Garmonbozia - Hourly Wage/Hourly Slave (2004)

LYRICS:

Slaves to the material
Fed the lies that this is natural
Bribed with life's baubles
Judged by our possessions
Values of life and self
Measured by meaningless work
Masochistic ethics
Learned behaviors forced
Misplaced priorities become standardized
Devalued life, devalued people
A life measured by paychecks
Is a life lived through bondage.

The more you give, the more they take
How much did you give for the little you got?
What did they say when you traded your life
For an hourly wage as an hourly slave?

If life is work, work is life
Did you laugh when you made this mistake?
You think this is noble? You think this is true?
Never forget, they're laughing at you.

All that you worked for your whole life-wasted!
On your deathbed, what will you say? I wasted it away!

The more we work, the more we slave away
The less we have to show when it comes to our dying day Slow the fuck down, don't work so fast
Live each fucking day like it was your fucking last

(Chorus)
Standardized, Rationalized, Homogenized (x3) Standardized, Rationalized, Homogenized, Dehumanized (x4)
Worship efficiency, create a life I despise!
Standardized, Rationalized, Homogenized, Dehumanized (x7)
You've faded us into a life of slavery with your lies.

A "strained" economy, the blame placed on welfare
Reform for the barnacles, pride for the poor
But if work is life, life is work
What's to be proud of? What value does it hold?

All that you worked for your whole life-wasted!
On your deathbed, what will you say? I wasted it away!
No Free Ride