A rather seamy side of life Set to repeat day in and day out Part of this racquet for money They say it's a need for living about Once you take from them, your being is bound Till one day your insides scream but it won't make a sound Are you still paying loans on that affordable home? Are your toddlers pestering you for a smartphone? Have you upped your dose for that ache in your bones? Do you still deny that the man you once knew was gone? A rather dark twisted mind Dreams to exist outside of time You're bleeding about your face Age has caught up to you in this rat race Taking a little from them has taken a lot out of you You chose to live a beautiful lie, truths you chose to eschew So you still show up with an inch of makeup? Oh, so the crowd still loves the face you put up? Every time you chose not to speak your being forward You avoided an admission into the crowd's mental ward.