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SISYPHUS
SISYPHUS — LYRICS
They said the punishment was pushing. They lied. It's watching it come back down. Five in the morning, the alarm goes off Another day of giving what I haven't got Coffee tastes like yesterday Same old bills I can't repay I trade my hours, I trade my bones For a little piece of something I don't own The money comes, the money goes The mountain laughs, the boulder rolls They say keep climbing They say don't quit They say there's something At the end of this But I've seen the summit I've stood there before And every time I reach it I'm back where I was PUSH IT UP! WATCH IT FALL! BREAK YOUR BACK AND LOSE IT ALL! ONE MORE DAY! ONE MORE ROUND! DRAG THAT FUCKING BOULDER UP AND WATCH IT ROLL BACK DOWN! Oh, Sisyphus! I know your name A thousand years And nothing's changed The gods don't live on Olympus now They wear clean shirts and tell you how To work much harder, want much less And call exhaustion happiness They didn't chain me to the stone They gave me debts and called them loans A little hope, a little fear Just enough to keep me here And every night I make a vow Tomorrow I'll be different somehow But morning comes, the whistle blows My hands find purchase on the stone They say be grateful They say believe They say the future Has a place for me But I can hear the thunder I know that sound It's another goddamn mountain Coming down PUSH IT UP! WATCH IT FALL! BREAK YOUR BACK AND LOSE IT ALL! ONE MORE DAY! ONE MORE ROUND! DRAG THAT FUCKING BOULDER UP AND WATCH IT ROLL BACK DOWN! Oh, Sisyphus! I know your name A thousand years And nothing's changed I used to think the top meant freedom I used to think the climb had meaning I used to think that if I tried There'd be something waiting on the other side But there's no prize There's no release No promised land No guarantee Just a man A stone A hill And a world that tells him Keep pushing still Push! Push! PUSH! NOT FOR GLORY! NOT FOR PRIDE! JUST TO KEEP THIS FUCKING LIFE ALIVE! PUSH IT UP! WATCH IT FALL! BREAK YOUR BACK AND LOSE IT ALL! ONE MORE DAY! ONE MORE ROUND! DRAG THAT FUCKING BOULDER UP AND WATCH IT ROLL BACK DOWN! Oh, Sisyphus! I know your name The gods have changed The curse remains I don't love the mountain I don't worship the climb I don't believe that suffering Makes the suffering divine But if the gods want my surrender They can come and take their turn 'Cause tomorrow I'll be pushing And tomorrow it'll return Five in the morning. The alarm goes off.