Calling into work Put on the same shirt and run No I never feel like I'll escape the debt Like cigarettes, they won Waiting on a bus Oxygen for lunch again Now I'm tethered It feels like this weekly pay just melts away And it's not getting any better Guess I'll be sleeping in the basement This two story house, working it out Disappointment in their faces For what I am now, I slip into the background Ooh, expectations never met I slip into the background You got me, you got me ♪ Holding up the line Credit card declined again Tarred and feathered I thought that by 24 I might have more Now it's really not a question whether I'll be sleeping in the basement This two story house, working it out Disappointment in their faces For what I am now, I slip into the background Ooh, expectations never met I slip into the background You got me, you got me ♪ You said I'd understand when I'm older You said it would all make sense looking back over my shoulder Is this what you really meant? Or am I missing the point? ♪ Guess I'll be sleeping in the basement This two story house, working it out Disappointment In their faces For what I am now, I slip into the background Ooh, expectations never met I slip into the background You got me, you got me