Samsara Coffee
Lyrics
Verse 1
Washing plates at Antonio’s
Minimum wage and fifteen years old
Now I’ve got three degrees and a sinking feeling
I’ll end up back in the dish pit again
You can keep your karma and your retrograde
Most days I’m just trying to stay awake
My next life’s probably gonna suck too
More Adderall and more bad news
Pre-Chorus 1
Don’t mind me, just passing through-a
‘nother age of Kali Yuga
Hungry ghosts consume the
Scraps of my peace of mind
Face the facts and fading youth
Shake your fist but still will lose
Different path, same bitter truth
Every ending is the same
Chorus 1
Another future they sold
Just do what you’re told
Why the fuck am I here?
This storyline blows
Years taking their toll
Too young to die old
Mistakes multiply
Regrets returning tenfold
Give samsara a spin
I want off the system
I’m already tired
before it even begins
No one in control
Nobody running the show
Old enough to know better
Too young to die old
Verse 2
Twenty-something in the Great Recession
Forty-pound boxes and a four AM session
Down I-eighty-four through the ice and snow
“Follow your dreams” got me here, you know
Sunrise on the distant peaks
Close but always out of reach
Cold coffee in a paper cup
Close my eyes and wake back up
Pre-Chorus 2
Don’t mind me, just passing through-a
‘nother age of Kali Yuga
Hungry ghosts come chew what’s
Left of my peace of mind
Lock the sorrow deep inside
Don’t like answers that I find
Dharma wheel runs over my
peace of mind
Chorus 2
Another future they sold
Just do what you’re told
You won’t get what you want
But cross your fingers and hope
Hurts too much to let go
Still stuck on the same ‘ol
Bullshit keeps me here
Nothing changes I know
Give samsara a spin
I want off this system
Paid more than it cost
Still nowhere near the end
No one in control
Nobody running the show
Old enough to know better
Too young to die old
Bridge
Over again
Over and over again
Over and over again
Chorus 3
Another future they sold
Just do what you’re told
I know I’ve been here before
But once again here we go
Years taking their toll
Too young to die old
Regrets multiply
Mistakes returning tenfold
Give samsara a spin
Yeah, there’s no way to win
Paid more than it cost
Still clocking back in
No one in control
Nobody running the show
Old enough to know better
Too young to die old