What Happens Next?

Read it in the back of a magazine All of those things I'd never seen All I wanna know is what's coming up Sat up in the front near the movie screen How can you be so close and not see anything? All I wanna know is what's coming up Can you please tell me what happens next? Don't spoil it, don't spoil it I'll move back so I can enjoy it Don't spoil it, don't spoil it Talking back, you know it's boiling up Can you please tell me what happens next? Damn, I could've sworn this is what they warned us about I have been so worn out by everything that's going on To stress about what happens next What happens next? Is it not absolutely bizarre That there is a global pandemic And rampant waves of nationalism across the world? Lost a bid Cheer up kid, you'll get it Doesn't matter if you win it Got a gig It don't matter if you didn't Either it's rigged or it isn't Made a list Got the gist of the story Walked away when it got boring And year and year and year and year They stack they stack they stack they stack They'll cut you open ear to ear And then they stab you in the back And they don't mind They're at the top Enjoy the climb Because soon it stops So bizarre We work so hard just to collect some numbers And I don't really have much to say These days they come ahead We're wondering what's around the bend We're wondering what's going All of this time All of these lines All of these straight lines All of these white lies All of this magic All of this fiending And all of the noise And I don't even bother And I don't work harder Seems like we all make our own problems wherever we go That might sound cynical, oh baby No, I'm not a nihilist No, there's no denying this Every time we get together it's crazy Humanity, where is it going? You're telling me there is no knowing? It makes me feel like an item on a checklist I'm just a chimpanzee begging for my breakfast Everything happened I wanted to stay but I waited again and again Then it got cancelled I wanted to stay but we waited around til the end Everything you wanted Everything you wanted again Wanted to occupy ourselves Time in hell Everything that turned out to be all right, wasn't well Everyone sitting all alone On their own At their homes They all know That it is all a charade and mirrors and smoke Mirrors and smoke Hope grows greener than grass stains Grass stains and all Damn, I could've sworn this is what they warned us about I have been so worn out by everything that's going on To worry about what happens next