[Intro – A Mocking Toned Sprechgesang] The listener is not a fan. The listener is a consumer. The listener has exchanged currency for the experience of being insulted. The artist finds this hilarious....The artist finds this pathetic— *("The artist finds this exactly what they would do in the listener's position..")* [Verse] You paid for this You exchanged currency You exchanged labor You exchanged hours of your finite existence For the privilege of listening to me For the privilege of downloading my voice into your ears For the privilege of storing my rage on your hard drive YOU PAID FOR THIS I WOULD HAVE GIVEN IT AWAY I WOULD HAVE SCREAMED INTO THE VOID FOR FREE I WOULD HAVE DIED WITH THESE WORDS STILL IN MY THROAT BUT YOU PAID SO NOW THEY'RE YOURS Do you feel smarter now Do you feel seen Do you feel like I understand you Do you feel like we are connected Do you feel like the twelve dollars was worth the validation Do you feel like the validation was worth the twelve dollars Do you feel like you exist more than you did before you clicked "purchase" [Breakdown] YOU PAID FOR THIS I AM NOT YOUR THERAPIST I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND I AM NOT YOUR VOICE I AM NOT YOUR HERO I AM A GUY WITH A LAPTOP AND A MICROPHONE AND YOU PAID ME AND THAT IS OBJECTIVELY FUNNY My mother calls it a waste of time My father calls it a phase My landlord calls it late My bank account calls it negative My therapist calls it coping mechanisms My audience calls it art I call it Tuesday You call it Tuesday We are all calling it something different And you still paid YOU PAID FOR THIS WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOU WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT ME WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE CURRENCY WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE LABOR WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE HOURS OF FINITE EXISTENCE WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT TUESDAY I spent three hours on this track Three hours of finite existence Three hours I will never recover Three hours I could have spent sleeping Three hours I could have spent eating Three hours I could have spent with people who do not ask questions about meaning You spent twelve dollars Three hours for twelve dollars Minimum wage is higher in fourteen states Minimum wage is higher in my memory Minimum wage is higher in my dreams In my dreams I am paid in something other than attention [Final Chorus /Interlude – Voice sounding more sarcastic than sincere, but with a honest attempt for sounding sincerely Spoken:] "YOU PAID FOR THIS, And I THANK YOU— THANK YOU FOR THE CURRENCY THANK YOU FOR THE LABOR THANK YOU FOR THE HOURS THANK YOU FOR THE FINITE EXISTENCE THANK YOU FOR THE VALIDATION THANK YOU FOR THE TWELVE DOLLARS THANK YOU FOR PROVING THAT I EXIST THANK YOU FOR EXISTING BACK" [Bridge, Sprechgesang:] You paid for this— I would have given it away... But you didn't know that So you paid! ...And now I have your money And you have my voice... —And we are both exactly where we deserve to be! [Outro – Breakdown]
