[intro] listen young folk to how stupid pride is in the west proud of submission [Verse 1] Why is it good to submit to a job? Why is the clock allowed to eat what you're owed? Trade your mornings, trade your years, For somebody else's bottom line and cheers. They call it freedom, suggested success, A polished little cage with a paycheck attached. Watch the dull slogans marching by— "That's just life." "That's how it is." "Don't ask why." [Pre-Chorus] The West is dumb, the West is slavish, Calling obedience a life that's lavish. But the human spirit never agreed That endless labor was a human need. [Chorus] What's your daily ambition? What's your greater ambition? Don't tell me what they told you— Tell me what you want to do. What's the greatest ambition? That's my daily ambition? All we have to do is keep talking, Keep talking, keep talking, Engineer a way beyond horizon. [Verse 2] too many hermits in the mountains, prostrate monks beneath the trees, watch the people who need very little And still know how to breathe. Ascetics aren't some strange defect, They're woven deep into human thread. Every culture has some dreamers Who would rather wake mind than be well-fed. last men sell you aspiration By the hour and for your screen, Then overlook that you're exhausted From becoming what they mean. [Pre-Chorus] Boomers aren't bad people, No, that's much too cheap a line. But negligence on this scale Histories greatest crime. They inherited a machine, Then called the machine "the way." Now we're standing in the wreckage Trying to build another day. [Chorus] What's your daily ambition? What's your greater ambition? Don't tell me what they told you— Tell me what you want to do. What's the greatest ambition? That's my daily ambition? All we have to do is keep talking, continue talking, keep walking, Engineer a way beyond horizon. [Bridge] Watch the slogan. Watch the slogan. Watch the slogan pass. Think for yourself. Think for yourself. Don't worship the mass. What if enough is enough? What if leisure isn't shame? What if making something beautiful Is a perfectly worthy aim? [Breakdown] forget permission. desire direction. just a few people Who'll tolerate correction. relate your whole life. measure every means. Talk until the impossible Starts shaping a scheme. [Final Chorus] What's today's ambition? refocus your lesser ambition. Don't echo parrots tardy word— Tell me what you know is true Every day ambition! evolve to escape attrition? All you have to do is keep talking, stay present, receive ready Engineer your way here. Keep growing, keep talking, Engineer a way there. Keep talking, keep growing, Engineer a way there. [Outro] freedom isn't something any one else can give. freedom became the question: "What would I do with how I live?" What's today's ambition? What's your greatest ambition? Keep talking. Keep walking. engineer a way there.
