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CULTURE DEBT

EVERYONE'S ON THE CLOCK

Quit a band that was getting successful because he hated everyone in it

style

  • indie dance
  • alt-dance rock
  • driving four-on-the-floor with live drums
  • dark moody synths
  • chorus-drenched guitar stabs
  • urgent male vocal
  • propulsive and cool
  • american accent
  • nocturnal and restless
  • american accent

the numbers

bpm
123
key
E minor
energy
0.72
dance
0.94
valence
0.50
vocal at
2.0s
length
3:14
language
En

lyrics

(a lanyard clicks against a beer bottle)
Nice party.

There's lanyards at the house party
Everybody's brand is arty
He shook my hand and scanned the room
For bigger fish in less costume
(network, network)

Nobody's dancing, they're accruing
Every hug is interviewing
(smile, smile)

Everyone's on the clock
(tick, tick)
Everyone's on the clock
The DJ's shilling his own stock
Everyone's on the clock
Kiss me — that's a networking op
Everyone's on the clock
(punch in, punch out)

I found a business card, embossed
Face-down in the bathroom sink, lost
Founder. Visionary. Friend.
I let it drown. I flushed. The end.
(glub glub)

My rent is art, my art is debt
My best-performing asset yet
(ha)

Everyone's on the clock
(tick, tick)
Everyone's on the clock
The DJ's shilling his own stock
Everyone's on the clock
Kiss me — that's a networking op
Everyone's on the clock
(punch in, punch out)

I came here for a birthday, right?
No one can remember whose night
The cake arrived with a hashtag
Blow the candles, read the ad tag
(applause... invoiced)

Everyone's on the clock
Everyone's on the clock
Everyone's on the clock
Everyone's on the clock
(tick, tick, tick)

Punch out.
(the lanyard clicks, the door shuts)
EVERYONE'S ON THE CLOCK — CULTURE DEBT · FERAL