Vacancy

I've been feeling overworked and under it

The boredom seething, I've well and truly hit the bricks

My CV is seasoned, smiling as a résumé

A chess piece, a heathen who wants to see a better day

You crack the whip, employee of the day

Power trippin', but we on the same wage

Jack-in-the-box coming out of its cage

I've been chasing people on the daily

With a half-filled cup

Only rise and shine if you can pay me

I gotta get that cut

'Cause you got a brand new vacancy

And I wanna join the agency

I hope that you can give me

Something that I can hold

Somewhere that I can go

Without working to the bone

And can you give me that?

Endless teething, growing pains and coffee stains

Dilute my evening to sharpen on TV again

Caught in the graveyard shifting again

Poor little pauper, means to an end

My snooze is on repeat

I know I better wake up, or I'll wake up in the street

You crack the whip, employee of the day

Power trippin', but we on the same wage

Jack-in-the-box coming out of its cage

I've been chasing people on the daily

With a half-filled cup

Only rise and shine if you can pay me

I gotta get that cut

'Cause you got a brand new vacancy

And I wanna join the agency

I hope that you can give me

Something that I can hold

Somewhere that I can go

Without working to the bone

Can you give me that?

Jokes aside, I'm in need of a soothing potion

The motion of each cog is hugely potent

Approaching the ropes, I'm in need of a smoke

I slip into a slumber when I need it the most

Eyes half-closed, diet, disappointment on toast

A quarter man, no quarter plan, no other piece of me

Still an underdog, was never born a pedigree

These soliloquies, they burn in me like third degree

Think I left the kettle on