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Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
They say the root of all the evil is the dollar sign
That pain and problems are the product of the bottom line
I beg to differ as a victim of the new decline
It’s not the money
It’s the failure to define
Chorus:
There's no control
There's no control
‘Cuz we're out of it
We let it go
We overload
And we're proud of it
They try to tell me that the future is in my hands
I hate to be the one to break it but there's no chance
My generation's self destruction has a master plan:
More is more and out the door is where we stand
Chorus
Everyone says
Walk don't run
But we play dumb
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Chorus
Oh oh oh oh oh
They say the root of all the evil is the dollar sign
That pain and problems are the product of the bottom line
I beg to differ as a victim of the new decline
It’s not the money
It’s the failure to define
Chorus:
There's no control
There's no control
‘Cuz we're out of it
We let it go
We overload
And we're proud of it
They try to tell me that the future is in my hands
I hate to be the one to break it but there's no chance
My generation's self destruction has a master plan:
More is more and out the door is where we stand
Chorus
Everyone says
Walk don't run
But we play dumb
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
Chorus
Lyrics submitted by Self Loathing Squid
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Can't say I like this one as much. It turns something kinda terrifying into something to laugh about. Not like cancer, I can laugh at that. More like laughing at genocide is what it seems like. Cuz our generation's screeewweed.