Performance punishment

[Verse 1] Working to the bone, carrying the weight Another pile of shit served up on the plate Rewarding all the competent by sealing their fate Sealing their fate, sealing their fate [Verse 2] Everybody coasts, everybody hides Sitting in the back while the talent gets fried Tolerating dead weight, swallowing the pride Swallowing the pride, swallowing out [Verse 3] Everything is stalled, everything is bleak Crushing down the strong just to babysit the weak Bleeding out the workhorses, reaching for the peak Reaching for the peak, reaching for the [Verse 4] Calling out the fraud, you are no elite You are just a suit managing defeat Promising a vision but it's dead on the street Dead on the street [Chorus] Performance punishment Quiet abandonment Performance punishment [Verse 5] They're so fucking done, they're so fucking tired Dragging all the corpses that should have been fired A culture of the parasites, systemically wired Systemically wired, systemically [Verse 6] Spare them all the speech, spare them all the praise Mental gymnastics in a corporate maze They'll keep their sanity, you can burn in the blaze (You can burn in the blaze) [Verse 7] Take a look at them, take a look around Now that your department's buried in the ground Irony's a bitch, yeah? Silence is the sound (Silence is the sound) [Chorus] Performance punishment Quiet abandonment Performance punishment Performance punishment