White Picket Fence
Duet male & female, metalcore, doo-wop, steampunk, violin, cello, duel singing, electric guitar.
White Picket Fence
Duet male & female, metalcore, doo-wop, steampunk, violin, cello, duel singing, electric guitar.
Lyrics
Verse 1
We're all sold the same dream from a very young age... be a good person and jump in your cage... what's good is debatable, but the obligations we feel are always relatable... go to school and get a degree, then build a career to pay back that fee... go get married and have some kids... sacrifice your freedom as your consciousness rids... you of any remaining common sense... as you strive to achieve that white picket fence...
Bridge
So, rat... rat... rattle along in the rat race...
Follow the rules and keep up the pace...
And be like everyone else to save face...
Being openly different shouldn't be a disgrace...
Don't let others dictate the dreams you should chase...
Chorus
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
We bounce... bounce... bounce around... without direction as the powerful pounce... pounce... pounce... stripped back to nothing, not even an ounce...
Verse 2
You're targeted when you are young... before you're wise enough to challenge what's being sung... you become indebted to a hierarchy... before you even realise you've been trapped by the patriarchy... everything you have is now governed by someone higher... but they'll spin it on you to make you feel like the liar... they'll drain your brain... whilst depleting your heart of every last desire...
Bridge
So, rat... rat... rattle along in the rat race...
Follow the rules and keep up the pace...
And be like everyone else to save face...
Being openly different shouldn't be a disgrace...
Don't let others dictate the dreams you should chase...
Chorus
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
We bounce... bounce... bounce around... without direction as the powerful pounce... pounce... pounce... stripped back to nothing, not even an ounce...
Instrumental
Bridge
So, rat... rat... rattle along in the rat race...
Follow the rules and keep up the pace...
And be like everyone else to save face...
Being openly different shouldn't be a disgrace...
Don't let others dictate the dreams you should chase...
Chorus
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
Do-doo-doop-dee-dooo
We bounce... bounce... bounce around... without direction as the powerful pounce... pounce... pounce... stripped back to nothing, not even an ounce...