Shallow Gods

The story of this world, this life,

Can be told and explained in a few simple lines,

The day you're born, they make you sign,

"What's yours is mine, what's mine is mine."

The rest of this farce plays out in one way,
It keeps getting clearer with each passing day,
It's pretty obvious, I do have to say,
Everyone is bloody selfish in their own bloody way,

It becomes your duty to do their jobs,
If you refuse, you'll drown in their sobs,
Hurtling to their quicksands of grievances,
Crucified by their one man mobs.

Gods of their own shallow worlds,
Their fiefdoms of false self worth and pride,
Be shameful heretic, if you think to fight,
Be grateful mortal when you're on their side.

No Hard Feelings

Look at me once, look at me now,
Stop, smile, wait, and decide how,
How you feel about me,
How you want me to be,
I'll break every barrier, and swim every sea,
I'll change for you, no one to stop me, no force,
Whatever you decide, I'm yours, I'm yours, I'm yours,

I stayed up so many nights for you,
Wasting away in the dark, finding new things to do,
To get through your defences, these walls you've built around,
Your friends, your prejudices, your likes, your dislikes, your sight and sound,
For you I made myself better, without you I'm lost, one look and I'm found,
I wait on your every word, every move, every laugh , every sigh,
With every smile I die a thousand deaths, I die, I die.

And I knew
From the first smile, I knew
That I'll bow down to you,
And your tyrant eyes,
Make me laugh when they do,
Make me cry when they do,
I've become a slave to your eyes,
A puppet to your smile
I knew
From the first look and the first words,
I was over,
I was sentenced,
I was damned.

And when you refused, I was lost,
I met the wall I couldn't have crossed,
Everything so unimportant and bleak,
I can't have you, loneliness I seek,
And I wasted away in the dark for weeks,
But then I realize, maybe you're not worth the strife,
And I don't know if you know, but I'll survive, I'll survive.