Hobby - I Do Not Dream Of Labor Lyrics

I've got the privilege of labor
A 40 hour week
The days start blending together
A lifetime on repeat
At $14.50 an hour
Barely scraping by
I don't know where all the time's gone
The never-ending grind
This all plays out like a nightmare
Foregoing what we love
To balance pursuit of money
Can never have enough
Forever chasing the karat
Dangling in my sights
I try to reach out to grab it
But I can never get it right
I'm too tired to write
My body feels like I'm ancient
I gotta relax
My only virtue is patience
I've held onto hope
For what feels like forever
A dangerous rope
Loose threads keep it together
A light forms at the end of the tunnel
But the longer we travel
Seems to take us further from the flames
A distant memory
Of who I wanted to be
Hollowed out with the onset of an older age
"So what's your dream job?"
I don't daydream of labor
Never wanted to favor a safe and permanent life
Over being content
With artistic descent
Gotta hold up my head,
"My future's permanent"
But I'm so tired at night
My body feels like I'm ancient
Can never relax
My fatal flaw is complacence
I've held onto hope
For what feels like a lifetime
Of menial labor
And barely scraping by
I know the dream starts with me
And I wanna believe it's a future that I can achieve