It's not Bill and it's not Scott It's not Brian and it's not Rob I don't know where to begin Begin where it's simple Begin at the end Begin with all you can't defend Begin at the end And disappointment brings the least Well, this is less than you conceive It ends with the first Before the beginning and after the end It can't be funny, it didn't bend I didn't want this at all, at all, at all A blindered horse, a wind up toy I'm on auto pilot, I am a cog in the machine Am I a mindless drone or heartless sap? Now matter how you slice it, I am a cog in the machine They say to stay in the school, then get a job But mainstream society doesn't care if your happy+ I play the fool, go with the mob Corporate America doesn't care if I'm happy Settle down and play along Die unfulfilled, just like anybody else And, well, now damn it now, I live a lie Write it down, I'm not like everybody else Today I march along, I follow blindly I do what they tell me, I hear and obey I sing my song, I treat 'em kindly You are my master, I hear and obey I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, no face, no name I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, big town, small game I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, no risk, no gain I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, big weight, small frame I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, no face, no name I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, big weight, small frame I didn't want it, it's all the same, I didn't want it, no risk, no gain