Happy Inc. Leftovers
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Happy Inc. marked a really weird writing period for me.
As evidenced by the preceding three groups of lyrics, there usually wasn’t much to spare. I’d generally vomit something out and rarely edit much afterwards. As a result, most of the things were put online in an unfinished form. Of course, I didn’t realize that until starting up another personal website a few years later.
Anyway, we’ve got three things here. Living The Life was originally the second lyric page on Happy Inc. when it was released online in 2001 (you can view that version of the grouping in the Fireteddy National Library, by the way.) Fun fact: It was also called Living The Lie at the time.
As for the others, they just got lost along the way. Happy Inc. was more of a writing experiment, didn’t fit and ended up being removed when the group was reposted in 2003. The Happiness It Brings seemed like a closer and I just ended up liking See You Around more in the end.
Although I’m still not a huge fan of Living The Life, Happy Inc. and The Happiness It Brings have grown on me after some small edits.
Lyrics Content
01. Living The Life
02. Happy Inc.
Living The Life
Connect all the wires right into your veins
I’m getting so tired but it’s still not the same
Everyone’s useless and disrupted like you
Well I’d sure like to help but there’s nothing to do
Living the life, you’re living the life
Isn’t this nice? Living the life
So turn on the TV and flip to the news
It’s the perfect escape from the rest of your blues
But if you’re too tired, it’s not like they care
They’ve already got you hooked into your chair
Living the life, you’re living the life
Isn’t this nice? Living the life
They fought for this, but nobody knows
Stay tuned for some announcements, it’s already time to go
Happy Inc.
With everybody on the line
The parts glide off the belt
It’s getting far too hot outside
Now I’m pretty sure they’ll melt
The workers smile and sing their songs
So happy with their lives
With what they earn and then take home
Buying diamonds for their wives
The price you pay for happiness
It isn’t on a cheque
Put on another happy face
And try to pass the test
The price you pay for happiness
It isn’t on a cheque
When you work for happy incorporated
It’s all that you have left
When you work for happy incorporated
It’s all that you have left
The Happiness It Brings
I used to get so angry
But now I’m just okay
So don’t be scared to call me
If you’re lost along the way
The times we shared together
Well they never were in vain
We couldn’t coast forever
So now I won’t complain
I’ll never say a thing
I’ll never say a thing
I’ll step out for awhile now
This won’t ever be goodbye
I just want to see you smiling
To wipe the tears back from your eyes
If I’m not the one to do it
Well you know I guess that’s fine
I can learn to live without it
I don’t need you to be mine
I’ll never say a thing
I’ll never say a thing
All I need to see is
The happiness it brings
The happiness it brings
The happiness it brings