[Verse 1]
Here's the breakdown, a simple code
Run for your life, never waste time
Read the books or pretend you did
Tell me a lie, faking a high

[Chorus]
What is it they know that I don't get?
(What is it they know? What is it they know?)
(What is it they know? What is it? What is it?)
Speaking in a foreign alphabet
I never did, I never did
I'd rather sing instead

[Verse 2]
Everywhere, opportunity
Lay off the land, playing your hand
Competition is evolution
Then, what do I win?
Passing on insufficiency
Is it a gene? Is it thе machine?

[Chorus]
What is it they know that I don't get?
(What is it thеy know? What is it they know?)
(What is it they know? What is it? What is it?)
Speaking in a foreign alphabet
I never did, I never did, I never did
What is it they know that I don't get?
(What is it they know? What is it they know?)
(What is it they know? What is it? What is it?)
Speaking in a foreign alphabet
I never did, I never did
I'd rather sing instead
[Outro]
I'd rather sing instead
I'd rather sing instead
I'd rather sing instead