Clocking in, clocking out, I'm a ghost in the machine

Pallid smiles, iron shirts, keep the surface nice and clean

But there's a buzzing in my skull, like a hive of angry bees

I'm begging for a blackout, yeah, I'm down upon my knees

The fluorescent lights are flickering, they're screaming in my ear

I've been a perfect citizen for every waking year

But the pressure gauge is red and the needle's gonna snap

I'm a ticking fucking time bomb with my finger on the tap

I'm a freak with a monkey mind, fucked up and I don't know why

I gotta go berserk tonight, I'm gonna start a fight

I've been working nine to 5, yeah, that's my fucking alibi

The night is young and so am I, let's tear it up until we die

I'm a freak with a monkey mind and I'm gonna start a fight

Check my pulse, check my head, check the shadows on the wall

I'm pacing in a circle waiting for the world to fall

They say take a deep breath, they say go and take a pill

But if the world is moving fast, then I'm never standing still

I'm swinging from the rafters of a burning mental cage

The static in the signal is a monochromatic rage

Give me chaos, give me contact, give me something I can feel

Cause the office and the paycheck are the only things not real

I'm a freak with a monkey mind, fucked up and I don't know why

I gotta go berserk tonight, I'm gonna start a fight

I've been working nine to 5, yeah, that's my fucking alibi

The night is young and so am I, let's tear it up until we die

I'm a freak with a monkey mind and I'm gonna start a fight

Out on the crossfire, too much noise

Too much noise

I can't hear myself think

Open the cage

I'm a freak with a monkey mind, fucked up and I don't know why

I gotta go berserk tonight, I'm gonna start a fight

I've been working nine to 5, yeah, that's my fucking alibi

The night is young and so am I, let's tear it up until we die

I'm a freak with a monkey mind, fucked up and I don't know why

I gotta go berserk tonight, I'm gonna start a fight

I'm a freak with a monkey mind, fucked up and I don't know why