[Verse 1] I did what they said Wore the lanyard Filled the forms Faded hoodies Campus coffee Glowing screens and midnight storms Four years of logic proofs Whiteboard ink on my hands Thought I’d cracked the secret code To some promised Stable land [Chorus] They keep preaching about abundance I just hear another dial tone AI took my little paycheck But it won’t pay my student loans Yeah They’re talking about the future Like it’s gold plated chrome All I got is debt collectors Blowing up my phone [Verse 2] Got that paper on the wall Says I’m something I don’t feel Shipped my soul in tidy functions Turned their chaos into steel Now a model does it faster Doesn’t sleep Doesn’t eat But it never gets the email “Your payment’s late this week” [Chorus] They keep preaching about abundance I just hear another dial tone AI took my little paycheck But it won’t pay my student loans Yeah They’re talking about the future Like it’s gold plated chrome All I got is debt collectors Blowing up my phone [Bridge] Is it my fault I believed you? That “work hard” fairytale You gamified my twenties Then you changed the rules at scale If the world is overflowing Why am I here alone? Just me and all these numbers I can’t outrun on my own [Chorus] They keep preaching about abundance I just hear another dial tone AI took my little paycheck But it won’t pay my student loans Yeah They’re talking about the future Like it’s gold plated chrome All I got is debt collectors Blowing up my phone (my phone) All I got is debt collectors Calling this “abundance” home
