The Summer of Our Discontent - Chris Conde, Ceschi

We all froze and did as told

Watched the world we knew burn slow

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

When we’ve been hiding ourselves whole

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

With anything that we’ve been sold

There’s a tropical storm pummelin' Connecticut as I write this

Depression got so bad that I thought I caught the COVID

In a way, we all did, only some of us died

Another coward shot a father in the back seven times

He wasn’t supposed to survive, they didn’t want a lawsuit

They’d rather do PR campaigns and give kids balloons

Thre’s a war goin' on in my heart as I write this

Amongst th fire and lightning, there’s violence in the most subtle of silences

Grew to understand that most days, I’m completely useless

Comin' to terms with the fact that most days, I don’t wanna rap

And I’m sick of the pain that truth brings

Does honesty improve a thing?

Realizin' we got trumped

Or is that masochistic foolishness?

Sometimes, I wanna burn buildings and rob a billion bucks

Sometimes, I wanna carve ACAB into my knucks

Then fist-fuck a pig until he vomits out all of his guts

Tell him, «I'm just doin' my job»

The public says, «That's way too much»

Truth is, I don’t believe that we could ever do enough to bring back lives

Labor and love that power and greed has stolen from us, it’s true

What’s smashin' another window gonna do?

Only wish we could smash glass cages we were born into

See beyond genders and races formulated for you

See beyond personas and scenes that are comically archetypical

Who am I to be talkin'?

I play the miserable one

Watchin' douchebags on YouTube tell me how to make a buck

Grow a six pack, intermittent fast when I barely give a fuck

That serotonin my brain lacks is a pain in the ass and I’m stuck in a bubble of

me

Six million ways to get free, but I’m lazy

Hope the revolution happens while I sleep

We all froze and did as told

Watched the world we knew burn slow

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

When we’ve been hiding ourselves whole

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

With anything that we’ve been sold

Yo, I am only a human, I’m just tryna live

In the midst of this chaos, I’m just tryna fit

Find my place in the rhythm, learnin' how I can give

Searchin' for opportunities, tryna stay positive

But I am only a person, honestly I am scared

Feel like the world is endin' and I just don’t feel prepared

And my depression is heavy like some of y’all unaware

The darkness is suffocatin', the burden’s too much to bear

Finally comin' to terms with the fact all the powers that be really don’t have

our back

And I’m searchin' for answers while being attacked by the right and the left

And I just wanna go home and nap, fuckin' relax

Get rid of apps and take a little bath

Get myself back to the middle of a path

Get some rehab so I don’t relapse

Tell me, why so much hate on Earth?

From the day we’re born, we experience violence until we rest in dirt

And all through our life is a pain and strife, so tell me what is all this for?

I don’t wanna die, but I’m sick of fightin'

And I kinda wish I could just go fly all up in the sky and get so fuckin' high

Open up my wings and soar

We all froze and did as told

Watched the world we knew burn slow

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

When we’ve been hiding ourselves whole

How is anybody satisfied?

How is anybody satisfied?

With anything that we’ve been sold