Track 2 · Lyricsトラック 2・歌詞
Corner Office Blues
出世の果てのブルース
The title, badge, and lanyard finally arrive, but the corner office only sharpens the question success was supposed to answer.待ち望んだ肩書きも社員証もネックストラップも届いたのに、コーナーオフィスは「成功」が答えるはずだった問いを、かえって鮮明にする。
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He has the title on the door, the badge, the lanyard—and, somehow, several additional lanyards. This is success in a form that can be worn around the neck.
Every meeting could have been an email. Every email asks for more. He has been ‘leveraging his bandwidth’ for so long that hearing the phrase come out of his own mouth feels like an intervention.
功名如梦: achievement is dreamlike. He chased the title, received the title, and discovered that its bright key opens a beautiful glass door onto a room he already lived in.
In the kitchenette, someone asks how it is going. 我挺好的. Fine, thanks. Neither person lies, exactly. Neither asks the question that would require a different answer.
ドアには肩書きがあり、社員証もネックストラップもある。そして、なぜか予備のネックストラップまで何本かある。これは、首から下げられる形になった成功だ。
どの会議もメールで済んだはずなのに、どのメールもさらに何かを求めてくる。「リソースを最大限に活用する」と言い続けてきた彼は、その言葉が自分の口から出た瞬間、これは誰かに介入してもらうべき状態ではないかと思う。
功名如梦――地位も名誉も夢のよう。彼は肩書きを追い、肩書きを手に入れた。その輝く鍵が開けたのは、美しいガラスの扉だった。だが扉の向こうにあったのは、ずっと前からいたのと同じ部屋だった。
給湯室で、誰かが調子を尋ねる。我挺好的――大丈夫、ありがとう。どちらも、完全な嘘をついているわけではない。ただ、本当の答えが必要になる質問を、どちらもしない。
Lyrics歌詞
Yeah, I'm good Just busy, you know how it is 我挺好的 Got the title on the door, got the badge, got the lanyard too Got a calendar so full I schedule time to go to the bathroom through Every meeting could've been an email, every email asks for more I've been leveraging my bandwidth till my bandwidth hit the floor My LinkedIn says I'm crushing it, my doctor says I'm not Got a standing ovation from a chair I sit in way too much Circle back, align, deep-dive, let's take this offline quick Twenty years of climbing up a ladder to a broken brick The cello hums a dirge in four-four time My corner office has a window that looks out on my decline Every paycheck is a receipt for a soul I might've lost The eight-oh-eight sighs with me — you know the cost 功名如梦 — it's all a dream, they said it right Chased a title for a decade, got the title, lost the light 我挺好的 — yeah I'm fine, I'm doing great Got a six-figure prison, pass the corporate bait 功名如梦 — the dream dissolves the morning after Got the office, got the title, got the echo, got the laughter 我挺好的 — yeah, no, all good, all good Used to dream about the penthouse, now I dream about a nap Got a company card for lunches that I eat alone at my desk My 退休金 is growing slower than my disillusionment My therapist said "explore purpose," I said "what's that, an investment?" Key performance indicators measure everything but me Metrics don't have souls, but neither does my Q3 I've got stock options vesting on a soul that's fully leased Ambition was a car, and I'm the fuel, and I'm the east The cello drags the tempo like my Monday morning drive Every ladder has a top and then it asks, "are you alive?" Every window office mirrors back a person I don't know The eight-oh-eight keeps the rhythm of a slow funeral procession — oh 功名如梦 — it's all a dream, they said it right Chased a title for a decade, got the title, lost the light 我挺好的 — yeah I'm fine, I'm doing great Got a six-figure prison, pass the corporate bait 功名如梦 — the dream dissolves the morning after Got the office, got the title, got the echo, got the laughter 我挺好的 — yeah, no, all good, all good They asked me at the all-hands, "where do you see yourself in five?" I said "alive" and they laughed and I meant it and they laughed I've got a ping-pong table and a nap pod and a soul-shaped hole I've got an MBA in pretending I'm okay 功名如梦 — It was a dream 我挺好的 — I think 功名如梦 — woke up in my office chair Checked my email, checked my pulse, both of them were barely there 我挺好的, 我挺好的, 我挺好的 "Fine, thanks, and you?" Sent from my iPhone 我挺好的