(Intro) I saw the suit, I saw the tie, I saw the perfect grin The only way to win is to always fit in Let's see the ranks. Let's see the score Everyone wants the same thing, and nothing more (Verse 1) I walk the halls, and I see the collective uniform Every haircut's the same, escaping the coming storm They got the mandated shoes, they got the specific career track Talking the same language, never daring to look back They told us, "Work hard, pay your dues, and climb the broken pole" And every single person plays the identical role I wanted independence, but I got a carbon copy life Surrounded by the sheep, avoiding the social knife (Pre-Chorus) They said, "Be successful," but they meant "look successful and safe" We play the game of uniqueness, but we never change the shape The truth is ugly, the truth is plain and flat and wide We're synchronized for approval, we got nowhere left to hide (Chorus) Great Minds Think Alike! (Yeah!) But our futures are dictated! We're all running the same race, feeling equally hated There's no breaking the mold, there's no way to escape the feed We're just the same reaction, planting the same exact seed Think alike! We're shouting it loud into the noise We're the chorus of the crowd, the perfectly synchronized boys (Rap) (Verse 2) Yeah, but the system's different when I look right across this stage I see three other versions of the same exact rage Before Cody starts the lyric, I'm already halfway through the line Connor hits the perfect bass note that was already set in my design We don't need the algorithm, we don't need the social code We just know the weight of the same damn burden, the same kind of heavy load We're not individuals, we're just four points on the same path Finishing each other's sentences, escaping the public wrath (Pre-Chorus) They said, "Be successful," but they meant "look successful and safe" We play the game of uniqueness, but we never change the shape The truth is ugly, the truth is plain and flat and wide We're synchronized for approval, but we're synchronized inside (Chorus) Great Minds Think Alike! (Yeah!) But our futures are dictated We're all running the same race, feeling equally hated There's no breaking the mold, there's no way to escape the feed We're just the same reaction, planting the same exact seed Think alike! We're shouting it loud into the noise We're the chorus of the crowd, the perfectly synchronized boys (Bridge) They want the lockstep, they want the uniform, they want the perfect drone They want us to pay the cost just to be exactly like the one they've shown But that's a cold, hard syllabus, a script written in the dark We got the real synchronicity, the fire, the genuine spark We break the mold! We don't need their approval We're only in sync when the feeling's mutual This isn't conformity, this is survival We are the same! And we chose each other
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