[Verse 1]
Taking a trip downtown
Fighting to get in line
Blase looks all around
Contributed by the hivemind
The line moves a bit
Every hour or so
Getting sick of this sh**
A bit later here I go
[Verse 2]
Futures coming on strong
To the different castes
I havn't been keeping up so long
They all have longer pasts
Make our way into the dingy place
I strain to be above
People buzzing about third base
I've got no thoughts thereof
[Chorus]
This is the first day, of the rest of my life
[Verse 3]
Jim and the rest arrive
Lightning surges through
Everyone feels alive
And I think that I do too
Start to move my feet
To a rhythm they all know
The tapping of the concrete
That thing they did bestow
[Chorus]
This is the first day, of the rest of my life
[Verse 4]
They play 2 or 4
Or 10 or 23
The people beg for more
Those people include me
The night comes to a close
But not for I
I am the only one that knows
As I say goodbye
[Chorus]
This is the first day, of the rest of my life
[Bridge]
I take the case, I open it up
Relax my face, dump out the cup
Of everything that I had known
And start to sing what I'd been shown
This is the change, this is the switch
This rearranged, this fixed the glitch
This is the change, this is the switch
This rearranged, this fixed the glitch
[Verse 5]
I repeat this long night
Many times around
The atmosphere isn't quite right
But what sure is is the sound
The waves penetrate
My hammer anvil drum
Salt and sweat until very late
This is where I come from