Modern Day Stress
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"Modern Day Stress"
Ben Robertson
Music & Lyrics: Ben Robertson
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Why am I awake at 4 a.m?
I barely even got the bed sheets warm
My mind is racing and I can't switch off
I know all the work it is piling up
I tried to write a list, but it's too much
I have to fake I'm in control
Is it me, is it life that is going insane?
Cannot cure what it is driving me 'round the bend.
Trying to keep up with the Jones'
In a world that's so exhausting
And yes, yes I know picture perfect I know that's a lie
But it won't stop the feeling that my life's awry
From the stress more than 9-to-5-ing
Modern day stress - I'm just surviving
Ticking over a day at a time
Rely on vices to make me feel fine
But what good's that drug fuelled stimulation
When it became my medication
And one day all its satisfaction it did stop
Is it me, is it life that is going insane?
Cannot cure what it is driving me 'round the bend
When the pace of life it's rushing
Just this world as a 30-something
You don't have the time for the chores and no time for the joy
Even writing this song was a guilty decoy
From the stress more than 9-to-5-ing
Modern day stress - and I'm just surviving
The way, you looked, you looked in my eyes
So forlorn, and lost, oh you were surprised
That I'm half the man you married
A tenth of the dad that I wanted to be
And please I don't mean this, oh don't be alarmed
But I thought some things, you can't understand
How I stare out the window from my desk at work
I see the five-floor drop escaping the hurt
How did it get to this? A life without rest
That's going to get cut short from the pain in my chest
Of the stress more than 9-to-5-ing
Modern day stress - and I'm just surviving
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