THIS IS HOW THINGS WORK NOWADAYS [VERSE 1] This is how things work nowadays Plug it in, watch it break, repeat the same Press a button, lose the game, lose the name One black mark, that's your file in the system [PRE-CHORUS] They told me it's progress, efficiency They told me it's fine, it's how it has to be I'm holding on bleeding to the end of the line Watching the machinery swallow what's mine [CHORUS] This is how things work nowadays! Fast and then nothing, designed to dissolve! This is how things work nowadays! Gone before you touch it, before you can solve! Wedge your boot in the door Won't shut down anymore This is how things work nowadays! [VERSE 2] Dial tone screaming in my ear, no one answers anymore Waiting rooms and no one here, just the hum of their protocol Glass is cracked, rubber burns black, the machine doesn't feel it Can't go forward, can't go back, only forward through the system [PRE-CHORUS] They sold me the future but it was never theirs to give Future won't stay, it dies the moment you live It dies in my fingers every single day When did we all become the same face? [CHORUS] This is how things work nowadays! Fast and then nothing, designed to dissolve! This is how things work nowadays! Gone before you touch it, before you can solve! Wedge your boot in the door Won't shut down anymore This is how things work nowadays! [BRIDGE] Built to break, built to fail, built to leave us pale Built to leave you hollow, built to make you small One black print on the glass, nothing ever lasts When did the script become so obvious? [FINAL CHORUS] This is how things work nowadays! Fast and then nothing, designed to dissolve! This is how things work nowadays! Gone before you touch it, before you can solve! Wedge your boot in the door Won't shut down anymore This is how things work nowadays! This is how things work nowadays!
