Keep everything from leaking You're pushing up against every ceiling They're watching over you, seeking reasons to punish Stopping you from delivering Sisyphus pushing boulders The world is crushing, the weight is resting upon your shoulders No escaping, your back is aching Your knees are buckling, bones are breaking Watching people go by and wondering why you can't get ahead It's maddening by design that you'll die a nobody Moving rocks 'til you find a way to get out of cycles of brutal poverty Chipping over and over, whittling down your sanity Losing everything, what a waste of your dead humanity Just pretеnd you're happy or you'll fall apart Up the hill, again, again, restart, rеstart Just pretend you're happy or you'll fall apart Broken hands hold up the dreams of broken hearts Ears are ringing Are those angels singing? Feel your fingers stinging And you're grimacing so hard Like you're grinning with deep scars As you're losing your last grip Now you're slipping, you're lacking, thought you were winning Slacked for a moment, back to beginning Lost it all when you stop at all When you hit a wall if you try to stall And they're waiting for you to throw it away On something you want to fill up the hole they dug for you There's no love for you There's no God helping from above for you There's another day working, 'nother day hurting 'Nother day closer to the day that it smothers you Just pretend you're happy or you'll fall apart Up the hill, again, again, restart, restart Just pretend you're happy or you'll fall apart Broken hands hold up the dreams of broken hearts