Weakerthans - Relative Surplus Value lyrics

rate me

Find the airport at 7 a.m.,

my heart pumping pure mini-bar.

Sit on the concrete by the carts and some girl

throws a dime in my lap.

You won't be laughing when you hear

how this one ends.

So I sleep through the entire flight,

don't really wake up til the cab driver says,

"Hey where you going? I forget."

Think of the time I came to visit you here

the year after Jeremy died.

The elevator's fast and pops

my ears out.

They're all waiting patiently.

I touch my name-tag,

should say, "HELLO

I'M too tired to smile today,"

squeak my chair once,

take a deep breath,

straighten my tie and say,

"What's the damage?"

The pause feels like an extra year

of high school.

The CEO takes me aside.

I'm down 12 points,

and they're selling.

The graphs in the boardroom show

by the time that

the market

opens in Tokyo

I'll be worthless.

So what I'm trying to say,

I mean what I'm asking is,

I know we haven't talked in a while, but

could you come get me?