Average Dad - Formula to Nowhere Lyrics

I'm chained to the desk
Fingers flyin' on the keys
Stuck in this office
Where life's on freeze
Formulas and numbers
That I don't understand
Depreciation's got me sinking deep in quicksand
Boss wants the optics
Gotta keep it clean
But all I see's the flicker of a dead-end screen
Clock's tickin' slow
My soul's burnin' fast
Doin' these formulas like they're built to last
Oh, I'm lost in the spreadsheet blues
Draggin' down my heart in these cells and cues
Every number's wrong
But the boss can't see
I'm trapped in the formula
Will I ever break free?
They want a vision
But they don't have a clue
I'm breakin' my back just to give 'em a view
Office politics, man
It's all for show
While I drown in data
Row after row
I'm stuck in the optics
Fake smiles all around
No one hears my voice
Just that clickin' sound
Try to play the game
Try to keep it straight
But inside I'm screamin
Can't handle the weight
Clock's tickin' slow
My soul's burnin' fast
Doin' these formulas like they're built to last
Oh, I'm lost in the spreadsheet blues
Draggin' down my heart in these cells and cues
Every number's wrong
But the boss can't see
I'm trapped in the formula
Will I ever break free?
They want a vision
But they don't have a clue
I'm breakin' my back just to give 'em a view
Office politics, man
It's all for show
While I drown in data
Row after row
I'm stuck in the optics
Fake smiles all around
No one hears my voice
Just that clickin' sound
Try to play the game
Try to keep it straight
But inside I'm screamin
Can't handle the weight
Can't handle the weight.