hi there
I'm on my way - I'm making it
enough about you
let's talk about
ME
“a man wrapped up in himself
makes for a very small parcel.”
John Ruskin
B I G T I M E
so much larger than life
so much larger than life
"I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it"
Kanye West
Kanye West
we're so alone as children
growing up in a weary world
where there is so much tension
growing up in a weary world
where there is so much tension
my parents were really at odds and I felt it
left out
left out
the constant fighting - the make up sex
only with another, when he/she
isn't looking
"just go watch TV"
right, Batman, F-Troop and Time Tunnel re-runs
just a kid - no clue
hey shit - I've seen this one already
every afternoon in black and white
and all before a wieners and beans supper
summer 1966 - wandering
why is everyone so scared?
"just go watch TV"
right, Batman, F-Troop and Time Tunnel re-runs
just a kid - no clue
hey shit - I've seen this one already
every afternoon in black and white
and all before a wieners and beans supper
summer 1966 - wandering
why is everyone so scared?
WTF - whatEVER
that super-hot distraction
been there - done that
it's my destiny
recreational substances in abundance
all you can eat pleasure
ok, blow-job of the century dude
I had it ALL figured out by the time I turned 17
parents split 7 years - whatever
by the time I was 20
I was a god
it's my destiny
recreational substances in abundance
all you can eat pleasure
ok, blow-job of the century dude
I had it ALL figured out by the time I turned 17
parents split 7 years - whatever
by the time I was 20
I was a god
when music came along - it became my friend
I wanted to circumvent the relentless rain
living large - well at least
in my head
living large - well at least
in my head
inventing a new position in opposition
there is no limit to what someone
with a large supply of cash and credit can do
TV taught me that
school - was well, functional at best
zero creativity
with a large supply of cash and credit can do
TV taught me that
school - was well, functional at best
zero creativity
in the quest to see our name in lights
its called validation
that all important stamp
of approval
that all important stamp
of approval
it stems from our infant years when we are desperate
for love and attention from our parents
for love and attention from our parents
if we don't receive it
then we spend the rest of our lives
chasing it in other forms of unattainable attention
in that wet white-wash
wishing
then we spend the rest of our lives
chasing it in other forms of unattainable attention
in that wet white-wash
wishing
like being a rock-star, prostitute, criminal
even better - all at the same time
playing in some shitty bar for free
just for her approving smile
whatever it takes
even better - all at the same time
playing in some shitty bar for free
just for her approving smile
whatever it takes
anything to get that validation
even blowing a trust fund
in a bad return investment
or three
nothing matters anymore
I'm broken - bankrupt but
I can make it
back
I'm broken - bankrupt but
I can make it
back
the place where I come from is a small town
they think so small - they use small words
wanting to be someone - anyone famous
they think so small - they use small words
wanting to be someone - anyone famous
doing whatever it takes
plastic surgery even
nothing matters
anymore
he's beautiful and talented
just like I am
whatever it takes
making headway - actually realizing something
staking our claim in the absolute abstract
and yet real - for just a moment
that 15 minutes I was promised
a long time ago
a long time ago
it's all I want
and I'll squeeze it
till it hurts
and I'll squeeze it
till it hurts
America's infatuation with the celebrity
that elusive class of elite super-humans
powered by glamour, glitz
and lots of cold hard cash
opulent omnipotence
important impotence
immune
these mythical creatures
have been bestowed an almighty status
indeed viewed as an elite
eclipsing
shadows shape shifting
have been bestowed an almighty status
indeed viewed as an elite
eclipsing
shadows shape shifting
a separate species of own making
that fixture in society
that fixture in society
adored and remembered
whatever it takes
I'm going there
whether you like or not
whether it helps or hurts you
because it's all that I have
to hold on to
because it's what I need
to feel real
B I G T I M E
and so, ladies and gentlemen
validation
is the subject of my valedictory address, this evening
validation
is the subject of my valedictory address, this evening
looking out into a room of blank faces
but not me
I'm smarter than that
I worked it out
so yeah, enough about you
let's talk about my new selfie
some call it 'classic rock'
I call it classic
ME
so much larger than life
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