Plotting, planning, preaching, panning,
causing diversion for the pass under the table
Who to know, what to show, where to go,
when to blow, be wise to sleep with one eye open if you're able
Running in, running out, running over,
you're in doubt, running on a line in a circle 'neath a net
Getting upset , wanting to forget,
everything's a threat, feeling something wet, who said it's no sweat?

Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time,
I don't like to 
Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time,
I don't like to

The clock keeps ticking, pieces of my life go slipping by
I'm pushing forward, moving backward, and I don't know why
The pressure's building, pressure's making it impossible
Before you know it it's completely uncontrollable
Wheeling, dealing, stealing, squealing,
does this kind of life look interesting to you?
Modify, amplify, simplify, intensify,
it could be quite confusing just to watch me do what I do!

Racing against time, it's all I do,
racing against time, I don't like to
Racing against time, it's all I do,
racing against time, I don't like to

It's like I'm living in a situation comedy,
they've got me socializing with these absent entities
Even when I'm reasoning in slow decaying orbits,
public opinion isn't fast enough to grasp it

Racing against time, it's all I do, racing against time,
I don't like to (repeat)
Racing against time,
I don't like to, racing against time,
I don't like to