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The Milo Sessions

Riding the Bowl (Pissing My Life Away)

An uptempo but bittersweet indie pop track about drifting from childhood freedom into corporate routine.

Indie Pop

Indie PopSocial SatireNostalgic

Riding the Bowl (Pissing My Life Away)

The Milo Sessions

Story

It begins with memories of skateboards, pellet guns, and teenage imagination, then lands in the adult world of badges, cubicles, automation, and quiet resignation.

Lyrics

[Verse 1] When I was just thirteen Before nostalgia was a thing We lived life from day to day And Sundays were a time to pray [Verse 2] We never used to fear the sun With pocket knives and pellet guns At skateparks, trying to ride the bowls No thought of corporate jobs we'd hold [Chorus] Now it's an hour thirty on the four-o-five To clock in at work at a quarter to nine The start of another monotonous day Just sitting here pissing my life away [Verse 3] Then I got a job and a uniform Told to conform to the working norm I punched the clock and I paid my dues For pocket change and a book of rules [Verse 4] Now the management wrecking crew whispers low Deciding exactly who has to go They're tracking what jobs they can automate While I sit here giving it all away [Chorus] Now it's an hour thirty on the four-o-five To clock in at work at a quarter to nine The start of another monotonous day Just sitting here pissing my life away [Bridge] Fluorescent lights and a swivel chair Breathing the stale, air-conditioned air Copy and paste, hit reply and repeat A million dead keystrokes, dragging my feet Formatting spreadsheets till vision goes blurred A lifetime of labor, unseen and unheard [Final Verse] The email drops at a quarter to three A "brief consultation" for HR and me A sterile white room and a severed tie They don't even look me right in the eye "Your role is redundant," they coldly state Replaced by the system I helped to create

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