staying alive on borrowed time
with plagiarized words that sounded better in the mouths of heroes
like a smack to the face or a needle to the vein
you’re nothing special but you’re so shocking to me
the things you omit are often the most important
but we’ll all pretend it doesn’t matter and we don’t know
it seems so strange that your face
isn’t all over the tv
for bank robbery
or treachery
but your mockery
isn’t worth anyone’s time
you’re the worst crook i’ve ever met
so brag of your shortcomings but they haven’t gotten you anywhere yet
there’s a better way to fight off insecurity
but you don’t have your own dreams, you just dream of me
my false shadow, keep on your toes
you’re never watching for the shot you’ll regret
caught up head over heels in what you feel
you’ll end up the victim of another beatdown in the key of clichéd
rebelling ninetofive in an office block
and you still haven’t realized it hasn’t happened yet
so you stay up late ranting at your fate
vocalizing pointless bouts of your dissent
your whitewashed ears
don’t listen to our jeers
but your mockery
isn’t worth anyone’s time
you’re the worst crook i’ve ever met
so brag of your shortcomings but they haven’t gotten you anywhere yet
there’s a better way to fight off insecurity
but you don’t have your own dreams, you just dream of me
where’s the role model you were looking for
i’ve got my foot propping open the door
always got your head in the crowds
drowning in the words you sing too loud
you’re hiding behind a façade
and i’ll expose you for your fraud
you’re the worst crook i’ve ever met
so brag of your shortcomings but they haven’t gotten you anywhere yet
there’s a better way to fight off insecurity
but you don’t have your own dreams, you just dream of me
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written m9may2011.
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idiography 