State Lines - Shady Existence lyrics

Yeah, well there is a shady existence and both you and I are living in it There's a price that we pay to just get paid It's a subtle toll creeping on me everyday So with some apprehension, I comply and realize That it'd be better to die than waste my time trying to implement change Now with not much distance there is little resistance to turn 20 in weeks 20 owing money to a university that's doing nothing but putting me to sleep So I just sleep for days till I wake up with my head in a total haze It's not a way of life but it sure is safe Safer than facing the day just to see the reality of the air I used to breathe But not now I wheeze and heave on air that's no less clean Still, there's a life I have and keep on pushing on Convinced there might be something in these songs No it's nothing commercial, nothing political It's barely contrived, no it's me telling some kid through a microphone He might be f**ed in the head but he's not alone "Oh, we've gotta take this slow," I was singing alone, I was singing these songs Oh won't you take me home? I'm just seeing stars, I'm just singing those songs