Average Man

He looks back to the days when the lyrics and chords meant everything
 These days he stares at the screen so complacent and without dreams
 Change, but he can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
 He needs goods and services for which he pays a premium
 Just a display for his neighbors dot-comers who earned a fortune
 Change, but we can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
 Take us to our cubicles today
 And it's the hell we make o.k.
 Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
 Burnt toast at 6 a.m. it's not gourmet, but it's adequate
 Waste away precious hours in front of the flat screen monitor
 Change, but you can't hide it - that's the story of an average man
 Take us to our cubicles today
 And it's the hell we make o.k.
 Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man
 Just when you think you've got everything you've got nothing at all
 Take us to our cubicles today
 Take us to our cubicles today
 Take us to the hell we made
 Take us to the hell we made
 Can we escape? can we escape?
 How can we escape the hell we've made?
 Can we escape? can we escape?
 Everyday there's something new it just goes on and on
 I try to take a different view still i'm doing something wrong
 Burning but i hesitate to burn this final
 Yearning for a better way to say 'to hell with this'
 I'm twisted again
 Doubled in pain
 A shell of myself is all that will remain
 Bills spilling out onto the floor welcome to life my friend
 Working but there's so many more will this shit never end?
 Too much responsibility i just can't take much more
 And when you act so cold it just points me to that door
 I'm twisted again
 I'm twisted again
 Doubled in pain
 A shell of myself is all that will remain