The Match We Assume We Get
Twinkly guitars and a conversational vocal give a benefits-packet song the tone of a friend talking you through it.
The stories behind The Match We Assume We Get
- Liner Notes: The Midwest-Emo Shrug Behind The Match We Assume We Get — Twinkly guitars and a conversational vocal give a benefits-packet song the tone of a friend talking you through it.
- The Match We Assume We Get Is About the Benefits Packet Nobody Reads — A Midwest-emo shrug of a song is built directly on survey numbers about HTM retirement plans and health coverage.
Lyrics
Somebody said there's a match, I never read the form I just
assumed they'd match it, that's apparently the norm
Half of us have a 401 sitting in a drawer
A quarter got the other kind, I lose track anymore
Most of us who have one get an employer match, they say
I've just never actually looked and I don't plan to today
We assume there's a match
We assume it's fine
We assume the fine print falls conveniently in line
Nobody reads the packet, everybody just believes
The benefits are good, not great
And we laugh it off with ease
most of us split the bill on whatever plan we pick only one in
five gets it fully covered go figure that trick only 50
of us would call the coverage great
The rest of us just shrug and hope we're fine
Ha, guess we'll find out when we're in the waiting room
Guess that's adulthood: sign here, hope for the best
Nobody actually reads the thing, we just assume the rest
We assume there's a match, we assume it's fine
We assume the fine print falls conveniently in line
Nobody reads the packet, everybody just believes
The benefits are good not great and we laugh it off with ease
Guess we'll read it eventually
Sure guess we'll read it eventually
