Desire

a song-poem.

(verse 1:)
Desperation for freedom
Makes a soul loneliness' victim
Desperation for attention
Brings a clown to its stage
Hunger for food could be satisfied
While hunger for power would be amplified
I'm opening my eyes
I'm opening my mind
Humans are so absurd, no words could describe

(reff:)
Honor!
Anarchy!
Power!
Greed!
You always want what you can't have
Once you have what you wanted you'll take your words back
You're a slave to yourself
See we're cursed to live and be imperfect
Either that or we just think we are

(verse 2:)
Brick by brick you stack, as a routine
And you do that, to jump and smash yourself to smithereens
When chips are down drown in self-pity and kill self esteem
Maybe the purpose of life is to build then break our dreams?
Humans are a perfect puzzle, never to be pieced

(reff:)
Honor!
Anarchy!
Power!
Greed!
You always want what you can't have
Once you have what you wanted you'll take your words back
You're a slave to yourself
See we're cursed to live and be imperfect
Either that or we just think we are

(bridge:)
Look at Elvis, look at Kurt
Once upon a time they were on top of the world
But they weren't happy
And neither will you
So live life as it is, accept and acknowledge as you do

(repeat reff)
Either that or we just think we are

Author's Note

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