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
