**Verse 1** Tossing and turning the channel Mind keeps playing back the day's events Making ends meet, can't afford the rent Don't you know there's a pill for that? The side effects include sudden death But not before prolonged exposure Don't mix alcohol with fentanyl Every generation has an angel of death **Refrain** Watergate, 9/11, Challenger, the housing crash JFK and MLK — no one here gets out alive Scratching the surface Tension deficit disorder It's death by a thousand Year storm of the century Climate crisis Ozone layer It's the big one... And I don't care. **Verse 2** It's just a marketing problem In these uncertain times How to turn away from tragedy The cure they're selling is pure comedy History repeats, it's on a loop Iliad and the Odyssey Repackaged as an unfamiliar trope It's the oldest trick We'll even hang ourselves If you give us enough dope **Bridge** Another Trojan horse race To see what we'll salute But it's not the finish line They're selling— It's the pursuit. **Outro** White noise bed Blackout curtains Lying here Sweaty sheets Uncertain Can't catch my breath Tomorrow's plot twist Has been foreshadowed Is this the big one?
