my heart beats in my head and it s thunderous those caught in the rat race plunder us they know what s best for us they know what s best for us gotta keep up gotta get ahead gotta go and get a job and work til i m dead they know what s best for us they know what s best for us and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit out to deplete out to defeat everyone out to deceit out to deceive anyone they know what s best for us they know what s best for us they re automatically given the authority why i don t know it s a vile monstrosity they know what s best for us they know what s best for us and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit you see the purpose of the rat race defeats me when we re gone what s left behind but there seems to be no end and no reason yet we still carry on you see the purpose of the rat race defeats me when we re gone what s left behind but there seems to be no end when you finally reach the front of the pack there s nothing there just an endless barren track it goes on and on it goes on and on you know what let s get disqualified let s get disqualified and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit and i m thinking that they must have missed the point hold on we just hold on for an exit