moving along

Part of my job is to wake up way before the sun rise To hear the stories of what happens when destiny plays with our lives Take another step in these puddles towards the next check to survive Maybe spare a second in the mirror just to keep up our disguise Just a regular guy holding onto capacity to listen Business as usual, catastrophes stacked into prisms You can shine a light on any face but recognize what's beneath the system I'm guilty of turning blind eyes, letting it slide while I'm sipping On the house lager, budget too strapped to buy the next round Close my eyes, take a swig, split second forget my surroundings Too proud to admit my faults, pointing my fingers around Sing karaoke blues to the handful left in the crowd Line up the cue, follow through with the shot, sink the 8 smooth Other times bounce off the wall, move like there's nothing to lose Been rolling with the punches so long, slip the combo one-two I can barely tell the difference between my birthmarks and a bruise We're just moving along, we stay moving along Already skipped to next song, we stay moving along Let bygones be cast-off, we stay moving along What's lost stays lost, so we just move it along We're just moving along, we stay moving along Already hopped to the next bar, we stay moving along Though we forgot what we are, we stay moving along With each cause comes a cost, so we just move it along Part of my job is to recognize those whom others find irrelevant Compose portraits of smiles despite hell, with no embellishments Focus the lens, press the shutter on the image of perseverance Patient like 35-mili film, wait for the next development Can't decide if it's time better spent on chasing a buzz Set my aperture wide, capture vibes mistaken for love Jotting down all this advice for the next generation to come How long until they discover we was just making it up? We're going on and on drinking all of these Molotovs Watching the world explode, we're expected to swallow it up Spend my day floating through the city to explore the ambiance But gas money's tough so its either walk or take the bus Slow it down to catch a moment, we probably lost before I'm always staying after the show to wait for the encore Cutting off all our connections, headphones to aux cords Head nod to the bartenders, heavy-handed on the pours We're just moving along, we stay moving along Already skipped to next song, we stay moving along Let bygones be cast-off, we stay moving along What's lost stays lost, so we just move it along We're just moving along, we stay moving along Already hopped to the next bar, we stay moving along Though we forgot what we are, we stay moving along With each cause comes a cost, so we just move it along