[Shift Start] We share the coffee pot We share the air conditioning We share the complaints about the boss It feels like a bond It feels like a tribe But it’s just a proximity vibe Remove the building Remove the pay And we have nothing to say [Meeting Room] Laughing at jokes that aren't funny Trading pieces of life for money "How was your weekend?" "How are the kids?" Scripted questions on the grid We are actors on a gray stage Reading lines from the same page If I fell down the elevator shaft You’d post a sad emoji And check the draft [Chorus] Proximity is a liar Geography is not a bond We are rented shadows In a corporate pond Until the paycheck dies Then we are strangers With familiar eyes [Lunch Break] Don't mistake the friendly face For a person who saves your place When the layoffs come like rain Everyone protects their own grain The knife in the back doesn't hurt It's just "business," it's just "work" The loyalty ends at the door We are mercenaries, nothing more [The illusion] We confuse shared trauma with love We confuse the cage with the dove We are trauma-bonded by the grind But leave the laptop behind And see who calls See who texts When you are no longer "next" When you are no longer useful The silence is truthful [Chorus] Proximity is a liar Geography is not a bond We are rented shadows In a corporate pond Until the paycheck dies Then we are strangers With familiar eyes [Break instrumental] [Shift End] Colleagues are shadows Cast by the fluorescent light Turn off the switch And they vanish in the night Not friends Just scenery In the corporate machinery.
