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John Reuben
Album: The Boy vs. The Cynic
Track: Cooperate

Cooperate Lyrics

Lose the costume, the days of dress up are gone
Time to join in and put a different outfit on
Maybe that's harsh, well lets find a happy medium
Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening

This dude took pride in his cause
Everyday put on his costume which defined who he was
He said he didn't care he like being unique
Accused the rest of the world of being a bunch of sheep
Lived his life going against the grain
Spent all his time with those that felt the same
In his mid twenties and still nothing's changed
Except his boys who chose to grow with age
Now he's looking for friends with the same behavior
He hangs out on campus with a bunch of teenagers
He's punk rock, he's hip hop, he's everything the system's not
And he likes it that way
He likes being on the defense
He likes having something to fight against
He likes calling himself a revolutionist
I'm sorry but you have an identity crisis

Lose the costume, the days of dress up are gone
Time to join in and put a different outfit on
Maybe that's harsh, well lets find a happy medium
Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening
And on the weekends, when it's appropriate
You can make believe for a minute
Stir up some controversy and have fun
But hang up your angst when playtime is done

Ignore the truth and neglect your responsibility
Because you can't decipher the real world from your hobbies
This whole starving artist shtick you've been running with
Is wearing thin, put it to an end, and grow old gracefully
Time for you to start cooperating cuz rent ain't free
And either is your family's needs
What you want and should expect are two different things
You think the rest of the world likes their suits and ties?
Working 9 to 5 just to get by, maybe
I mean if they've figured out
What it truly means to make this life count
But that don't sit well with your anti-authority
Me against the world sub genre category
That you've placed yourself in
Do you honestly think the average man celebrates the system?
But they cooperate

The days of dress up are gone
Time to join in and put a different outfit on
Maybe that's harsh, well lets find a happy medium
Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening

Looks like we got ourselves a case
Of a young man trying to find his place
Feel the tension from his independence slipping
Eating his ideals as the real world grips them
What a sad little human being
And I'm sorry that might be mean
But you've been picking on folks in the name of your scene
And now you have to lose the costume and come clean
And that's just the thing
Is it your cause or your outfit?
I guess it meant nothing at all in a sense
Cuz then if it did
Your involvement would mean more than
Middle fingers and the opportunity to instigate arguments

But you like being on the defense
You like to have something to fight against
Even without a cause, you like being a revolutionist
I'm sorry but you have an identity crisis

Lose the costume, the days of dress up are gone
Time to join in and put a different outfit on
Maybe that's harsh, well lets find a happy medium
Be responsible and you can wear it in the evening
And on the weekends, when it's appropriate
You can make believe for a minute
Stir up some controversy and have fun
But hang up your angst when playtime is done

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