Hard Mode by Get Set Go

If this life is a vast
Computer simulation
I think it's makers
perpetated design defenestration

The only attempt at super-powers
Has been a carpenter who showers us
with multiple fishes
And turns water into wine that
Admittedly, is quite delicious.

But, c'mon
Is any of this fun?
It's just sorta gross
And certainly moribund

I mean, c'mon
Is that they best they can do?
So much pain, so much hunger
So many lies, so little truth?

I think we got the nepos,
the slackers, and the scrubs,
The guys who show up late
And break early for the pubs
I think our design team
Are the losers of the bunch
They're just phonin it in
From their three-martini lunch

(chorus)

I'm playing in Hard Mode
In the worst, most stupid game
Another shitty, glitchy day
In a half-assed, broke-down game.

I'm playing in Hard Mode
In the worst game ever made
Another day has been betrayed
Another day trapped in this game.

I'm playing in Hard Mode!

And if this life is some vast
Computer simulation
I think it's time we complained
To the game administration

History just keeps repeating itself
There's no effort at all
It's just straight off the shelf
It's the same sorta shit day after day
A shitty MMO we're all forced to play

I mean, c'mon
Do they think this is fun
What are they thinking?
Are they even thinking at all?

I mean, c'mon
Seriously, what's it about
All the woe and the war
The death and the doubt

I think we got the laggards,
The goofs and the jerks
The people who distract while
Their co-workers work
I think our design team
Isn't working at all
They're just phonin' it in
As they snort up another railed up 8 ball.

(chorus)
I'm playing in Hard Mode
In a game with rules that change
For everyone that plays
Each and every day

I'm playing in Hard Mode
Where the cheaters often win
And they're often winning big
Off the cheating that they did

I'm playing in Hard Mode

I need to change the settings
It's getting too upsetting
I'm regretting every thing that I do

I need to change the level
I'm constantly bedeviled
While everybody revels, I'm bruised

I've been playing a long time but, still,
I'm feelin' like a noob

I'm playing in Hard Mode
I never even asked to play
This messed up, unfair game
It's such a crying shame

I'm playing in Hard Mode
What else can I do?
This song's my gift to you
Are you in Hard Mode too?

We're playing in Hard Mode!

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