Know that there is no other way to reach you Though there’s a phone attached to your hip And an ear attached to your head You still refuse to listen
With every word and every melody A battle, loss or victory The mistakes pile on and become regrets Still, you continue to repeat them Like a broken needle scratching the glossed over surface of a record
What will you do when the music stops When all those sleepless hours turn days into nightmares When your **** diet finally destroys your body And the floor cracks beneath your 200 dollar adidas adorned feet?
I took you for a friend But you took me for a ride The escalator that pushes every pound Every hour of every day Wishing to ascend you into glory
But if I’m going down, I’m taking you with me
Blame yourself! Take your self- loathing and turn it into words Those words into lyrics Those lyrics into ***** Regurgitate the expectations But throw in some drum and bass
While everyone is dancing Smile for your success Your friends by your side Smile for your fame Your woman at your feet Smile a smile so big That the sun will bow down to all of your brilliance Your ego basking in its rays And shake off the naysayers in your path Suppress the signs of superstitions But don’t be surprised when no one is around To see or document the crash
Oh the beautiful process of turning neglect into excuses Excuses into indifference Indifference into ignorance Ignorance into lies And lies into alibis
I’ve seen it before I’ve felt the excruciating feeling of betrayal And the death of a trust so pure That the glimmering void could not have reached it And there you were optimistic and determined Blind and arrogant
Beethoven is rolling in his grave Every tear a key I don’t usually promote a downfall But there are consequences to intended misery It will seep into your skin Into every pore and every vein and capillary Flowing through your system like the Hennessy You guzzled at the studio in the wee hours of the morning
Place your bets! This addiction to the thrill of the fall will be your end Instead of all the money, you’ll eventually lose your head Like you had already lost a friend Or two Or three Or why not more You are better than you were before Progress is the only way to stay Locked inside of yourself and out of reach Out of touch with those who scattered the stars in every direction Just to clear a path for you
The sweet sound of a dying soul Integrity decapitated by the only blacksmith in the business Runs around screaming Like a chicken with its head cut off ****** ****** ****** Declared delectable when you bought the fries
If music is your only love Then going deaf will be poetic justice Tones and tunes lost in the wind Like the flap of a butterfly’s wing Ushering honesty and freedom All the things you tried but could not be So you buried them next to me And walked away
Though the promise is broken You forgot the most important detail I am not a new player in this game You have yours, and I have mine I will not dart and dissolve like I did once when I had hope I had told you about it before But I guess you didn’t listen