REST EMPLOYED | Death and Taxes Song!

LYRICS: One-fifty-one thousand, six hundred people die every day on earth And if that's not a reason to cry Well... it's an awful lot of paperwork It's your first day at work, how've you settled in? Shaken off the rigor mortis? Sorted out your pencil tin? Welcome to our newest resident skeleton What better heaven than a desk to spend forever in? Now your body may be shrivelled up and worthless At least we know your funeral will be a civil service Persons so superfluous are living on the surface It's nothing so perturbing, we're just trimming off the surplus It isn't murder if you cause a little accident We prefer to word it as some mortal middle-management There's the door, we've got millions of applicants Dying for some corporate incorporeal entanglement Everything living has to die But to die you need not apply We'll find you When your time's through Take a number, wait in line Live your life and we'll be right behind you Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better get some practice Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better So I guess you'd better You've got targets to prove yourself Here's some targets, peruse yourself Shoo a few humans off the mortal shelf to the floor We'll be polishing the coffins as you off a couple more We need a botanist, two paleontologists A newspaper columnist whose views may be communist A shoe salesman, possible balloon hobbyist Just another couple popped clogs for your shopping list No slacking on the grave packing, ever more to kill Death row deplorables, incurables and 'sort of ill' Every person, animal and plant has a form to fill We've got departments solely tasked with killing chlorophyll So of course you will toe the life-line and behave Or you'll be filing dandelions before you've had your tea break Humanity's in balance, if that balance isn't repaid Interns can be inhumed and replaced Everything living has to die But to die you need not apply We'll find you When your time's through Take a number, wait in line Live your life and we'll be right behind you Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better get some practice Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better So I guess you'd better Ashes to ashes, nine to five The light in the tunnel has been privatised Robes were so behind the times These obituaries don't give any time for scythes Population moderation's not the worst fate Your occupation's the salvation of the hearse trade For generations we've been racing for the first place But we've spent the centuries in second to the birth rate Everything living has to die But to die you need not apply We'll find you When your time's through Take a number, wait in line Live your life and we'll be right behind you Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better get some practice Nothing's certain but death and taxes So I guess you'd better So I guess you'd better Dearly indentured We are gathered here today to pay tribute to the life of the departed And to welcome him to the office May he rest employed

"It isn't murder if you cause a little accident!" "I've just gotten off the phone with our legal team: it IS, in fact, murder. Apologies."

The "We've spent the centuries in second to the birthrate" has "Peace is just a product, with a focus test of billions..." vibes.

"Ashes to ashes, 9 to 5 The light in the tunnel has been privatized" I just love this line. Both the idea behind it and also how great it sounds.

"Every person, animal and plant has a form to fill" Fungi: "I see this as an absolute win"

Everyone is concentrating on the "We're second to the birthrate" line but y'all are sleeping on "Ashes to ashes, nine-to-five."

Everybody is praising Stupendium's mastery of "soulless corporate middle-to-top tier manager" roles, but everybody seems to forget that he is also more than adept at portraying "leader of the dark cult" characters... ...oh, wait.

I like to think “Everything living has to die, but to die, you need not apply we’ll find you” is a push to not off yourself and i applause it

The little clap and "Huray!" at the end there was somehow incredibly wholesome despite the context.

Sometimes I forget who I'm watching and I go into the description like "haha I wonder who helped them with the animation :))" and they just. They just do all of it. This person is a genius and I have nothing but respect for them. Art goals for REAL

You have truly pioneered the “verbose businessman” rap genre.

"Ashes to ashes, nine to five The light in the tunnel has been privatised" Absolutely killer

How does this man think up his lyrics. I’ve met authors who pale in comparison. Honestly I can’t wrap my head around how good this is

“151,600 people die every day on earth, and if that’s not a reason to cry. It’s an awe full lot of paperwork.” As a mortuary science student. I can confirm this.

Stupendium is one of the few artists that can make a track about something I have no idea about, but I'll still listen to it because it's just such a banger

This feels like a Disney Villain revealing himself to the main character

one detail i truly love about this masterpiece is how the skulls in the bone rings/spirals(?) become more and more expressive and animated as the song progresses. from still and lifeless to expressive and almost angry looking. even having glowing eyes. I love this song so much and the music video makes it even better

“There was death and taxes, and taxes was worse, because at least death didn’t happen to you every year.” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

No one does "cynical corporate horror rap song" like The Stupendium

As an aspiring writer, I want to write a story like this. Like, when you die, you just go the the Big Office Building in the Sky.