Thematic link between three of my favorite songs of at least the past year

I’d rather be a functioning cog in some great machinery, serving something beyond me [Fleet Foxes - “Helplessness Blues”]
Being some wheel in the engine, it’s a notion that I can defend, and yet, it’s tough to play the part so hard and finally disappear from the scene [ALB ft. the Shoes - “Golden Chains”]
Take one for the team, you’re a cog in the machine, it’s like a default [Django Django - “Default”]