All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Carmen didn't stop walking as the doors parted with a robotic swish. A few people waved in the hallway, congratulated her on her success. She gave them a hollow smile. She didn't feel like she had done a good job. It was all too simple, like the game she had when she was little. Fitting a square block into a square hole. Easy.
And their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And the next day would be the same. And the next. And the next. And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world.
She had dreamed once that someone pushed her off a cliff. The wind rushing through her hair, pulsing in her ears, elated her. The thrill of impending death. It was exhilarating.
But she woke up moments later, pulled on her beige uniform, and laced up her black boots. Back to ACME and her petty work. Children waitin' for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
She was always debriefed in a small, windowless room. She nodded every so often, but her mind was far away. Wouldn't it be nice if she could call the shots for once?
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
She trusted none of the friendly faces that patrolled the hallways day after day. Nor did she reveal her true thoughts to them. They thought they knew her through hollow pleasantries. The chief included. She felt bad sometimes, betraying his trust like that. But, she had no friends, and she had no intention of finding any. And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world.
And that's all they ever did. Chase the bad guys. Return a diamond or two. She could explode.
Mad world.
She had to do something.
Mad world.
She had to do something.
Mad world.
It was suffocating her.
Mad world.
She had to get out.
Mad World.
So she did.
It's a very very mad world.
Indeed.