"Working For The Knife" lyrics

"Working For The Knife"

I cry at the start of every movie
I guess 'cause I wish I was making things too
But I'm working for the knife

I used to think I would tell stories
But nobody cared for the stories I had about
No good guys

I always knew the world moves on
I just didn't know it would go without me
I start the day high and it ends so low
'Cause I'm working for the knife

I used to think I'd be done by 20
Now at 29 the road ahead appears the same
Though maybe at 30 I'll see a way to change
That I'm living for the knife

I always thought the choice was mine
And I was right but I just chose wrong
I start the day lying and end with the truth
That I'm dying for the knife


Writer(s): Mitsuki Laycock
Mitski told Rolling Stone of "Working For The Knife" released on the 5th of October, 2021, "It's about going from being a kid with a dream, to a grown-up with a job, and feeling that somewhere along the way you got left behind. It's being confronted with a world that doesn't seem to recognize your humanity, and seeing no way out of it."
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