Lyrics The Rubric - Verbal Kent, Chris Orrick

The Rubric

So what are you defined by?
What is it that makes you?
Is it what who your clothes are designed by?
Or is it in the way that you look at your neighbor reaching out for help with a
blind eye?
It’s easier to give and you shouldn’t feel too bad
Everybody’s born with their bootstraps
And fuck 'em anyways, right?
Everybody out here’s got the same goddamn daylight
But it’s not that simple
The life you’re born in, the same box you’re built into
While you’re breakin' through it
They’re waitin' outside to tell you they changed the rubric
And they paint the Rubik’s cube, it’s rigged to make sure you lose
So when you play the game, if it’s all the same, try to play for you
And every time you play their rules
Either play dead or play the fool
Try your best tryin' to play it cool
Play for them and you play to lose
And every time you play their rules
Either play dead or play the fool
Try your best tryin' play it cool
Play for them and you play to lose
Is everything I’ve worked for worth more
Then what has fallen in my lap?
What I’ve searched for
Is found to be the curse more than the blessing, learn more
From the wounds and the stitches, I put that on my firstborn
What you think I roam the Earth for?
Dealin' with life, that’s what the liquor and the herb for
Feel it at night, I’m kinda knockin' with the search warrant
Tryna find a self to describe and the words for it
Huh, maybe it’s been dormant, waitin' within torment
Taken an enormous amount of patience to relate what this world is about
I guess it’s best to pick a side that feels fully in heart
Testify to test your pride instead of just testing a product
Rest the gas pedal 'stead of perpetually steppin' on it
Emphasis on effortlessness
Been dishonest to myself for too long
I think it’s time I made a promise to me, yeah
And every time you play their rules
Either play dead or play the fool
Try your best tryin' to play it cool
Play for them and you play to lose
And every time you play their rules
Either play dead or play the fool
Try your best tryin' play it cool
Play for them and you play to lose