Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice)

Well, all I hear is, "Patience"
 All I have are missed bank payments
 I can't keep my head above the nonsense
 This ain't gonna make me famous
 But I can't eat off this paycheck
 My dreams are quick-drying cement
 Slipping through the tips of my fingers
 I feel my pockets cannonball into the black when I hear you say
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (And I hope you're right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Have you seen me lately?)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 It's like I'm falling deeper and deeper
 Thinking, "Someday, I just need a miracle"
 Need about 30 goddamn miracles
 Well you say, "Be your own god"
 You say, "You're sane, so get yourself right
 So we can start again"
 I'm so preoccupied with my own life
 I can't see the world is burning down
 'Til we're living under water
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (And I hope you're right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Have you seen me lately?)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 And I'm stuck here pulling out threads
 But this won't move in reverse
 And I'll die here in the Midwest
 Why can't I live with that?
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (And I hope you're right)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Have you seen me lately?)
 It won't be this bleak forever
 (Yeah right)
 It can't be this bleak forever
 It can't be this bleak forever
 It can't be this bleak forever
 Have you seen me lately?
 It can't be this bleak forever