The Minimum Pay

Verse 1

Alarm

Red clock

Bleeding through the screen

My eyes feel like sand

Sand on glass

Grinding teeth at noon

Coffee turns cold while the boss keeps screaming

Screaming

Screaming

Heavy lifting for the ghost of a man

Chorus

Give it all away

Give it all away

Clocking in to die for the minimum pay

Give it all away

Give it all away

Post-Chorus

Work until it hurts

Work until it hurts

Dust on my shirt

Verse 2

Five bucks

Short change

Copper on the tongue

Tasting metal in my spit

I am sick of it

Sick of the suit

Sick of the commute

Down the highway like a rat in a maze

My back cracks

My soul lacks

Gravity pulling me through the floorboards

I am gone

I am done

I am empty

Chorus

Give it all away

Give it all away

Clocking in to die for the minimum pay

Give it all away

Give it all away

Post-Chorus

Work until it hurts

Work until it hurts

Dust on my shirt

Bridge

Punch the card

Punch the wall

Punch the air until I fall

Selling hours

Selling days

Selling life for the corporate haze

Break my bones

Break my mind

Leaving every dream behind

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Give it all away

Give it all away

Clocking in to die for the minimum pay

Give it all away

Give it all away

Outro

Closed

Shut down

Lights out

No more overtime

No more

No more

No more