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Usagi's picture

Sign right here, sign your life away.
Sign on the dotted line.
We could use your hands,
we could use your eyes,
and we’re gonna take your mind. We’ll pay
fifteen dollars a day.
We know you didn’t need it anyway.

You don’t have a choice.
You don't have a voice.
But if you did, we’re sure that you’d agree:
yes, you’re a mindless drone
but you’ll never be alone.
You’ve got a whole world’s worth of company.

Sign right here, sign your life away.
We’ll assure you it’s okay.
Talent like yours we always need.
Score another for corporate greed!
Sign, sign, sign your life away.

Sign right here, sign on the dotted line.
We’ll assure you that it’s fine.
Resign your life to nine-to-five
and you’ll forget you were alive.
Sign, sign, sign on the dotted line.

You don’t have a choice.
You don’t have a voice.
Call 1-800-SHUT UP and we’ll put you on hold.
You’re almost sixty now
and you’re wondering how
you survived so long to be so old.

You don’t have a choice.
You don't have a voice.
But if you did, we’re sure that you’d agree:
yes, you’re a mindless drone
but you’ll never be alone.
You’ve got a whole world’s worth of company.

Yes, the whole world’s one big company.

SnowStars's picture

Very nice- welcome back! I

Very nice- welcome back!
I would love to know the inspiration behind this.
:)SnowStars

gradster1's picture

Me too

Puzzling.

Did you get a job? :)

/gradster(1)/ - watching raw TDI footage now

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NonSequitur's picture

Oooh

Will you e-mail it to me?

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"It's either broken or it's French."

gradster1's picture

Nooo

When I get it, I will.

/gradster(1)/ - content

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NonSequitur's picture

Subject Line XII

Glad you're content. :)

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"It's either broken or it's French."

Usagi's picture

No, nothing

No, nothing really. Just feeling cynical at camp. And after any length of time at that place, you start THINKING in song lyrics.

Aww. And please email it to me, as well...

gradster1's picture

Very much aww - ...

... but a lot of the aww moments are while we were walking and talking without knowing the camera was on. This means that most of it was superimposed on a show of your left thigh (this was rather amusing for a while before I knew what was going on - I didn't think everything at TDI was so blue and uniformly fabric-textured, but there it was) or the scenery behind you. Add that to the fact that you didn't know the camera was on and therefor didn't keep it from bumping too much and you have a rather dizzy Usagi-shirt-colored TDI-talk extravaganza!

/gradster(1)/ - long winded, apparently

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writingdog's picture

Breathtaking. Captivating. I

Breathtaking. Captivating. I love your voice.

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"You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating."- Edward Cullen, Breaking Dawn.

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