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lyrics

Drifting alone, drone on the phone
The call centre feels more familiar than your home

It was a temp job out of necessity
Promised yourself "it won't get the best of me",
but days repeat with reheat dinners
feel your hopes and hair grow thinner
don't recognise the wreck in the mirror, as you realise
there's only one way to be a winner

Connive to survive, you gotta cheat if you wanna eat tonight
Connive to survive, you gotta be sincere in selling the lie

Get in the zone of effortless call flow
Leave your moral judgement well at home

The customers call to complain
Your wage is determined by feeling their pain
And then talking about the contract clause and
turning them round to our noble cause

Unparalleled pro, your name well known
The boss they've never seen go home
Mussolini of telemarketing
It's always the weakest enemy your targeting
Inexplicable mix of balding bravado
Helps you to hide the part you'll never show
The part they'll never know

Connive to survive, you gotta cheat if you wanna eat tonight
Connive to survive, you gotta be sincere in selling the lie
You can't divide your life from your lie.

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from ¯​​​\​​​_​​​(​​​ツ​​​)​​​_​​​/​​​¯, released September 29, 2018

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Shrug Life is the questionable, protective moniker of Danny, Keith, Josh and Laura. Together they make music and fight first world problems. This is their story...

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