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For the Workforce, Drowning

Apr. 28, 20031 viewer10.8K views

For the Workforce, Drowning Lyrics

Falling from the top floor your lungs fill like parachutes
Windows go rushing by
People inside
Dressed for the funeral in black and white

These ties strangle our necks, hanging in the closet
Found in the cubicle
Without a name, just numbers
On the resume stored in the mainframe, marked for delete


Please take these hands
Throw them in the river

Wash away the things they never held
Please take these hands
Throw me in the river
Don't let me drown before the workday ends

9 to 5
9 to 5


And we're up to our necks
Drowning in the seconds
Ingesting the morning commute
Lost in a dead subway sleep
Now we lie wide awake in our parents' beds
Tossing and turning

Tomorrow we'll get up
Drive to work, single file
With every day, it's like the last
Waiting for the life to start
Is it always just always ahead of the curve?
Please someone
Teach me how to swim
Please, don't let me drown
Please, don't let me drown

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The first track on Thursday’s 2003 album War All The Time, “For The Workforce, Drowning” talks about people who are missing out on other aspects of life because their jobs are all-consuming.

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Mixing Engineer
Mastering Engineer
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Assistant Engineer
Bass Guitar
Recorded At
Big Blue Meenie (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Release Date
April 28, 2003
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