Metrics (feat. Selina Sun)

If you sleep for 8 hours and feel well rested
But your sleep tracker didn't track it
Did you even sleep at all?
If you ate at an Indian restaurant
But you didn't numerically rate each dish
Did you even eat at all?

I don't know if I'm really happy
I just know what the numbers tell me
I don't need to pursue life's meaning
When I can just fill out my spreadsheet

Up and to the right
Gotta make the numbers look alright
Up and to the right
Keep em rising like degrees Fahrenheit
Up and to the right
Capital accumulation with no end in sight
Up and to the right
The worlds ending but my metrics are airtight

If you deliver multiple successful projects
But you didn't fill out your sprint
Are you a useless employee?
If you fix a lot of core problems
But you don't make a new product
How do you show shareholder value?

Your boss doesn't know if you're really useful
He just knows what the numbers tell him
He doesn't need to solve real problems
When he can just check the spreadsheet

Up and to the right
Gotta make the numbers look alright
Up and to the right
Keep em rising like carbon dioxide
Up and to the right
Employee layoffs with no end in sight
Up and to the right
The worlds ending but my metrics are airtight

Sometimes I just live in the moment
Enjoying each second as it passes over me
Loving life and all of its variety
And then I go home and fill out my spreadsheet

Up and to the right
Gotta make the numbers look alright
Up and to the right
Keep em rising like the wealth divide
Up and to the right
Covid deaths with no end in sight
Up and to the right
The worlds ending but my metrics are airtight

Up and to the right
Gotta make the numbers look alright
Up and to the right
Keep em rising like the ocean's tides
Up and to the right
Neoliberals with no end in sight
Up and to the right
The worlds ending but my metrics are airtight