Thirty Per Hour

[Intro] [Verse 1] 5 AM, the fluorescent lights hum Another day has clinically begun Got the manifest, a list of demands The weight of the world in my calloused hands Pallet stacked high, a cardboard tower They want a masterpiece, thirty cases an hour Break it down, stack it up, make the product gleam Living out their corporate, soul-sucking dream [Pre-Chorus] My spine is cracking but my face is a stone Just another drone, a muscle and a bone They watch the clock, they don't see the strain Another unit scanned in their digital rain! [Chorus] BREAK MY BACK for the BOTTOM LINE! Your PERFECT SHELF is a PRISON of MINE! QUALITY'S D**D, it's a NUMBERS GAME! Just another face you can't remember by name! SLAVE! TO A QUOTA I CAN'T KEEP! While the promises you sold me are buried so deep! THIS ISN'T PRIDE, IT'S A DISEASE! Just get it done faster, get me off my knees! [Verse 2] The manager walks by with a plastic grin "Make sure that endcap is properly filled in" He doesn't see the sweat, the ache in my knees Just sees a non-compliance that he has to appease Every box I lift, every item I face Is a pixel on a screen in a soulless place Pretend to care, pretend to smile and greet While my spirit is ground into concrete [Pre-Chorus] My spine is cracking but my face is a stone Just another drone, a muscle and a bone They watch the clock, they don't see the strain Another unit scanned in their digital rain! [Chorus] BREAK MY BACK for the BOTTOM LINE! Your PERFECT SHELF is a PRISON of MINE! QUALITY'S D**D, it's a NUMBERS GAME! Just another face you can't remember by name! SLAVE! TO A QUOTA I CAN'T KEEP! While the promises you sold me are buried so deep! THIS ISN'T PRIDE, IT'S A DISEASE! Just get it done faster, get me off my knees! [Bridge] Thirty per hour. The pressure builds. Thirty per hour. My passion's killed. Thirty per hour. Just a metric. Thirty per hour. So pathetic. YOU! DON'T! CARE! HOW! JUST! AS! LONG! AS! IT'S! DONE! NOW! [Chorus] BREAK MY BACK for the BOTTOM LINE! Your PERFECT SHELF is a PRISON of MINE! QUALITY'S D**D, it's a NUMBERS GAME! Just another face you can't remember by name! SLAVE! TO A QUOTA I CAN'T KEEP! While the promises you sold me are buried so deep! THIS ISN'T PRIDE, IT'S A DISEASE! Just get it done faster, get me off my knees! [Outro]