Hustle And Bustle Of The Industry

from Final Beginnings by The Reptiles

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lyrics

Do you believe in magic?
Do you believe in miracles?
On 114th in my raincoat
The clouds started raining musical notes

Yes, I believe in magic
But it's starting to pour outside
Come inside where it's warm
So you can sit from 9 to 5

Dreams police me but I will resist them
Try your luck but you can't beat the system

My head is a steel trap
But it constantly operates at full occupancy
There's only one reservation
Is it for passion or living more profitably?

If I had to choose, I'd pick the former
When everyone tells me to be a conformer
But I know that I was born a reformer
And I'm better off expressing that as a performer

Work to live, or live to work?
I need a degree to avoid the smirks
Even at college I feel doubt lurk
About a hazy future and polymathic quirks

Conforming always seemed like a default
Something for which I'd never be at fault
It never knocked me down on the asphalt
But avoids aspirations with a pole-vault

Dreams police me but I will resist them
Try your luck but you can't beat the system

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from Final Beginnings, released September 29, 2017

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The Reptiles Stony Brook, New York

Scott Terwilliger
- Guitars, Vocals

Austin Reed
- Keys

Alex Savin
- Drums, Percussion

Tom Schinkel
- Bass, Vocals

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