[verse 1] We punch the clock with a broken jaw Bread gets thin and the rent gets raw Hands in the dirt, names in the dust Love turns mean when the bills don’t trust Neon hum like a tired lie we learn to live but forget how to try fridge light flickers like it knows we’re losing things we can’t expose [verse 2] Pigeons still peck in the parking lot Foxes still run from the same cold shot Wolves get the moon, get the blood, get the fear but they don’t dream of a life disappearing here they don’t count what they don’t have don’t build futures just to collapse they run, they breathe, they survive, then stop we never stop, we never stop [bridge] [low guitar • glitch pulse] we made a world that don’t let go now we don’t know how to slow [pre-chorus] We build up walls just to watch them shake We bite our own hearts just to stay awake You and me, baby, under the weight Tell me who wins when the whole world breaks [chorus] Mankind, mankind, what a hard way to live Mankind, mankind, got so much to give Animals run, but they know what they are We chase our ghosts from a burning car Mankind, mankind, what a hard way to live Mankind, mankind, still trying to forgive [post-chorus] (vocal chops: why—why—why…) (we don’t stop…) [bridge] [distorted bass • feedback swell] instinct clean / survival clear we made noise / we made fear [verse 3] Deer in the brush with a lightning stare Rabbit hears thunder and disappears Ants keep marching through sugar and rain we carry the whole damn world in pain they don’t wonder what it all means don’t lose sleep chasing unseen things they don’t break from a thought alone we built minds that turn on their own [verse 4] credit lines and a ticking chest constant need just to feel “the best” we compare till it cuts us thin fight a war that we’re trapped within you hold me close but it feels unsure love ain’t simple like it was before we question touch, we question truth even doubt what we once knew [buildup] [snare roll • rising distortion] don’t think now—don’t fall through wish we lived like they do [beat drop] [hyperpop grunge drop • blown-out bass • glitch fx] (vocal chops: run—run—run) (mankind—mankind) [verse 5] but still we laugh in the worst of it find small light in a broken bit cheap food, late nights, tired smiles moments that stretch for miles animals live, but they don’t create they don’t dream past a current state we feel too much, we reach too far that’s the wound and the art [verse 6] maybe that’s why it hurts so bad why the good still feels half-sad we build love just to watch it strain tie it tight till it turns to pain but even then, we don’t let go even when we already know we’ll break again, we’ll still choose that’s the thing we never lose [bridge] [soft piano • distant choir] maybe simple isn’t our way maybe we’re built to feel this way [pre-chorus] We build up walls just to watch them shake We bite our own hearts just to stay awake You and me, baby, under the weight Tell me who wins when the whole world breaks [chorus] Mankind, mankind, what a hard way to live Mankind, mankind, got so much to give Animals run, but they know what they are We chase our ghosts from a burning car Mankind, mankind, what a hard way to live Mankind, mankind, still trying to forgive [post-chorus] (vocal chops: still trying… still trying…) (static pulse) [bridge] [ambient fade • feedback ringing] we made it worse… we made it more… [outro] [piano • low static] Mankind… what a hard way to live…
