This city I've moved to has severely stained me It's beaten me down, strangled me, and pained me The people and their rudeness here have too often drained me But occasionally, they've sadly made me laugh and entertained me
I was watching a VHS tape of myself as a kid Before all the bad things I later on did And I wept when I saw all the life I have lost I've grown up and moved on, but at what sort of cost?
And when I look into the mirror, I see nothing Like a reflectionless vampire, always bluffing Trying to convince the whole world I'm not out to drink their blood Like I'm not intending to **** them and stick them in the mud
But that's what life is Taking what's mine, stealing what's his Killing the others, competition execution Clearing the path and creating a solution
No one wants to be a silver metal Or a shriveled daisy with only one petal We fight to be golden, a name the world knows We want to be a tulip, or a beautiful rose
But we all stink, depending who you ask So I choose to smell like cigarettes and whiskey from my flask I'm giving up on being great, I'm done trying the task The shades are up, the light is shone, and I'm taking off my mask