Self-Destruction (As a Sensible Career Choice) (Etc Version)

[Verse 1]
Well, all I hear is, "Patience"
All I have are missed bank payments
I can't keep my head above the nonsense
This ain't gonna make me famous
And I can't eat off this paycheck
My dreams are quick-dryin' cement
Slippin' through the tips of my fingers
Fill my pockets, cannonball into the black when I hear you say

[Chorus]
"It won't be this bleak forever"
Well, yeah right
"It won't be this bleak forever"
And I hope you're right
"It won't be this bleak forevеr"
Have you seen me lately?
"It won't bе this bleak forever"
Yeah right (Yeah right)

[Verse 2]
It's like I'm fallin' deeper and deeper
And thinkin', "Someday, I just need a miracle
Need about thirty goddamn miracles"
Well you say, "Be your own god"
You say, "You're sane, so get yourself right
So we can start again"
But I'm so preoccupied with my own life
I can't see the world is burning down
'Til we're living underwater

[Chorus]
"It won't be this bleak forever"
Well, yeah right
"It won't be this bleak forever"
And I hope you're right
"It won't be this bleak forever"
Have you seen me lately?
"And it won't be this bleak forever"
Yeah right

[Outro]
(It won't be this bleak forever)
I'm stuck here pulling out threads
(It won't be this bleak forever)
This won't move in reverse
(It won't be this bleak forever)
And I'll die here in the Midwest
(It won't be this bleak forever)
Can I live with that?