The Natural Profane - Working for the Weekends [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse one]

Sometimes I think to myself:
“If someone had taken me aside
And tried to warn me about the dangers of this job
It would have saved some time”
I know the unemployment rate is high
That shouldn’t be a problem since I have college education, right?
Wrong
And it seems like that to the naked eye
For the past eight months I’ve been uploading copies of my resumes online
Contacting recruiters and pinpointing possible places that I could apply
But guess what?
I can’t get a fucking response to save my life
And worst of all, yesterday when I went to the mall
I bumped into this guy from high school who used to sell me drugs
And found at that he’s an intern at Capital One
And makes about as much per paycheck as I make in a month

[Chorus]

But that’s the way you think when
When you work for the weekend
I can’t explain it, man
It’s constant
When you work for the weekend
I guess that’s the way you think when
When you work for the weekends
Woah-woah, woah-oh-woah

[Verse two]

I think it’s a problem with the education system at large
It doesn’t equip us with the knowledge we need to go get a job
And if you do finish college
You’ll probably go live with your mom
Until you’re thirty-nine
And you’re student loans are finally gone
I majored in English
Composition, man
What the fuck was I thinking?
I basically got a degree in having a conversation
Fucking idiot
I can’t do basic arithmetic
I count on my fingers sometimes and it makes me feel fucking ridiculous
It’s weird that I can write you a twenty-page analysis
On the postmodern effects of Faulknerian stream-of-consciousness
But when I’m putting charts in fucking cabinets
I have to sing the alphabet song in my head to know which name goes after which
You don’t impress me
I come from a world of Mickey's
Where the bathrooms are messy
And the paper towels go missing
A place where people with low self-esteem and criminal histories
Can quit their jobs at Twin Peaks and learn how to use Centricity
So…

[Bridge]

Throw your hands high
If you’re sick and tired of working your nine-to-five
Just throw your hands high
If you’re sick and tired of working your nine-to-five
Throw your hands high
If you’re sick and tired of working your nine-to-five
Just throw your hands high
If you’re sick and tired of working your nine-to-five

[Chorus]