Universe is drama and it plays this game
Got so involved, forgot we're all the same
Appears so real and it does it so well
Some of us in Heaven, some are in Hell
On the edge of our seats, don't know where it's gonna go
'Til we're all throwin' balls, stimmin' on with the show
In a punishing world
Incredibly punishing world
Vortex of defensiveness in which I quake
This game it conflicts, the conflicts I try to escape
Try to find some comfort, what I find instead
Like changing my position on a cement bed
A mess of anxiety, then lusts and lows
Livin' in terror of death and ain't the misery I know
In a punishing world
Incredibly punishing world
Subterfuge, Orwellian doublespeak
Unconsciously aware, a little ego freak
So much bullshit everywhere I go
Amazing how many things there are that aren't so
In a punishing world
Incredibly punishing world
Punishing world
Punishing world
Instead of compassion, lots of love and joy
A vast competition, compulsion to destroy
Further from light I get in spirit and mind
Selfishness makes stronger the ties that bind
I laboriously make 'em with my words and thoughts
'Til they're impossible to break, I'm stuck, I'm caught
In a punishing world
Incredibly punishing world
It's a punishing world (Punishing world)
Such a punishing world (Punishing world)
What a bummer (Punishing world)
All summer (Punishing world)
Man, it's a punishing world (Punishing world)
Yeah, a punishing world (Punishing world)
It's a punishing