Dual Core - Life's Work lyrics

It's hard to grasp sometimes
That someone can tell you your life
Is about to be altered
And then everything changes
It's crazy, right
This one goes out to everyone
Who's taken something unexpected
And turned it around life's work

The greatest minds of our time
Begin a new flight
Consider them as geniuses in their own right
That's right
Intelligent, innovative, running up the score
The best co-workers that anyone could ask for
Walking with escorts, leaving the office
Arms holding cardboard, lives in those boxes
Rewind a few hours they were
Pushing code to test
A few minutes back they were
Cleaning out their desks tony was furious


And ripping out the fixtures
They pushed him out the door didn't
Let him get his pictures
Nick was in shock, the news just hit him
Eyes in a daze as he turned off his system
Justin was calm 'cause he
Knew they'd find work
And this was the bottom so
It wouldn't get worse
Let's out a sigh, thoughts on his mind
As he logged himself out for
The very last time

Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest

Fast forward three months, life's no joy
Both Tony and Justin are still unemployed
Craigslist, LinkedIn, nothing there to offer
Tired of the same old postings on Monster
They'd had a few interviews
Nothing that would fly
Employers see their resumes and
Say they're overqualified
Nick's got a job, but he's way underpaid
As a help desk tech for a help desk wage
At home every day, Tony's writing code
Cause exploit's pay
But their debt still grows
Check this post, a high price quote
With a backdoor wanted for an
App that they wrote
Justin's unsure, Nick moves ahead
Cause his boss just wrote him
Up for browsing the web
Surprised to connect to the CVS box
It had been three months and
They hadn't been blocked
Still had to login, which ended up a task
Trying all the usernames and
Passwords they had
Maybe they forgot to go and
Change one or something
All accounts locked out
Except one of Justin's

Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest
Justin came around
He knew they could hack it
Fired up a sniffer and
They're capturing the packets
Man in the middle, watching conversations
Came across the CEO's banking information
Cron job set for the end of next week
That would send all the money
To a bank overseas the funds would be secure
In an account offshore
And there's no extradition laws
Out of Singapore turning it around they were
Going there to stay
With their severance pay bought
Tickets one way
Packed their whole lives into one bag each
Cause if you go to jail
That's all that you need
The whole flight dragged as
They all felt nauseous
Nervous, fatigued, can't sleep but exhausted
Barely cleared customs, they all said thanks
Hopped on the train went straight to the bank
Just as expected they had the right amount
Balances withdrawn as they closed the account
Tried playing hardball my
Friends played tougher
I'm flying out to see them
For a visit this summer

Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down
Never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest