It's a gamble

At the end of every month

Is it worth the candle?

Always ending up back at the start

Ain't too many options

'Cause they've got us all on a tight leash

Can't mask corruption

With its hands round your neck in your sleep

I just work myself until there's nothing left

And all that's left is a little bit of nothing that don't help

But I can't help it, I work and gotta take what I can get

So I can get by alright, and try to stay outta the red

I just work myself until there's nothing left

And all that's left is a little bit of nothing that don't help

But I can't help it, I work and gotta take what I can get

So I can get by alright, and try to stay outta the red

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it

Sending remnants down the stream towards us, it's shameful

They can keep the scraps, we don't care for the trickle

Struggling to make my ends meet in the middle

Guess it's fall in line or pull the goddamn trigger

I just work myself until there's nothing left

And all that's left is a little bit of nothing that don't help

But I can't help it, I work and gotta take what I can get

So I can get by alright, and try to stay outta the red

I just work myself until there's nothing left

And all that's left is a little bit of nothing that don't help

But I can't help it, I work and gotta take what I can get

So I can get by alright, and try to stay outta the red

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it

It's bad, bad, bad, bad, bad

I need to get a grip

I need to get a handle on it