Step Back

2017 Henrik Becker

Get up, get in line
Zombie walk from 9-5
Too numb or too dumb
to realize what you sacrifice
Maybe it’s time to shift into a lower gear?
You only get this chance so you’d better start to live while you’re here

Step back, get out of this rat race
Do I need to tell you it’s living hell
Step back, take a moment and ask yourself
Do I need more cheese? Do I like the smell?

Always testy? Always uptight?
Feel like something is breaking inside?
Always edgy? Sleepless nights?
Nagging feeling you’re wasting your life?
Maybe it’s time to shift into a lower gear?
You only get this chance so you’d better start to live while you’re here

Step back, get out of this rat race
Do I need to tell you it’s living hell
Step back, take a moment and ask yourself
Do I need more cheese? Do I like the smell?

Step back, get out of this rat race
Life’s too short to waste inside an office space
Step back take a moment to watch the sky,
smell the flowers and come alive

Step back, get out of this rat race
I don’t need to tell you it’s living hell
Step back, take a moment and ask yourself
Do I need more cheese? Do I like the smell?

Not me.