Why are my nerves doubling on me?
I can’t hit away all of this tension?
Standing so close to a pitfall
Splitting all of my good intentions

So here we go again
Feelings of pointlessness
Feelings of emptiness
Feelings of regret
I needed a little something to get excited for
Found something, didn’t know what was in store
I needed some break from this monotony
A little gamble for some extra currency
Hopin’ to add to my productivity
But all I’m doin’ is makin’ me queasy
All in
All in
All in
Again
Why are my nerves doubling on me?
I can’t hit away all of this tension?
Standing so close to a pitfall
Splitting all of my good intentions

I’m strapped and I need some more; come on and deal it
Basic strategy says that I should hit this
Look at me bashing capitalism
While I’m trying to live the dream within it
Fuck trying to produce anything with value
I just want to make my worthless debut
Loosin’ so many fingers, it’s like my world’s crashing down
I better stop all of this before I start to drown
All in again I had just made so much
All in again now I’m below the start
All in again and don’t tell me good luck
All in again, you need it


The personal is political but I know it’s also myself
And I want to take a second to step out of that realm
You got these people smiling telling you good luck
But all that you’re doing is trading buck for luck for buck

I know that their just making ends meet
And I’m just taking my faults and I’m projecting
But I can’t help but look at others like me
Just so discontent with the monotony
Addicted to the thoughts of breaking poverty
Addicted to the thoughts of bettering
So much you grow addicted to the act of betting
And my nerves are sickening me endlessly
Chasing your losses
Enriching bosses
While I should be stopping this thoughtless
Process – but damn I just won two hundred
But then I got anxious and I went and lost it

I’d’ve quit while I was ahead but I lack discipline
And the culture tells me to spend spend spend
Here I go again, trying to displace the blame
But I absolutely think that it is a relevant claim
Casinos are a microcosm of capitalism
And shame on me for getting involved with it
Not because of my politics but because of me
And my addictive tendencies
Personal, political
Heart attack
Miserable
Waitin’ on a gamble
To pay the phone and car bill
Just so senseless
But god I love this
Like a new addiction
A habit that can catch on quick
All in again I had just made so much
All in again now I’m below the start
All in again and don’t tell me good luck
All in again, you need it

Why are my nerves doubling on me?
I can’t hit away all of this tension?
Standing so close to a pitfall
Splitting all of my good intentions