Day #5 - The Daily Grind

1/198/09

Oh man I wish the title referred to the coffee of the day, but it does not. I'm back to work.

Back to work, where I've turned into a harsh task master. I recognise it, but I have little emotional attachment to trying to change it. Not all of my supervisors realize it yet, but the party is over.

I keep running songs through my head...16 Tons, Working in a Coal Mine, Back on the Chain Gang...

In fact, Back on the Chain Gang by the Pretenders hits hard.

Lyrics:
I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
Weve been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now were back in the fight

Were back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the tv and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies

Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what theyve done to you

But Ill die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
Theyll fall to ruin one day
For making us part

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart

Now were back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9txBYBwLTew

One day, I don't know when, but one day in a future I can't see yet, I'll make it through the day...