I have made many diabolical mistakes in my life
Treated people badly and judged others harshly
I have done things that were at best ill thought out
Next year I hope to put things right at least partially

When you act from your own self aggrandised interest
Bulldozing your way to achieve an ego centred goal
Do you think that the universe will help you attain
Unless you join the dark side and sell your soul?

I don’t want to get involved in sacrificing virgins
My karma is heavy enough without adding more
So I will put my past behind me and clean the slate
While working towards success I will build rapport

My new aims will entail serving a higher purpose
Which will give me strength to carry out my plan
When the cosmos sees that I want to help others
Hopefully I’ll get some help as I’m only a man

I used to take a lot of drugs which clouded my head
I thought I was looking inward but I was wrong
All I was doing was melting my common sense
That’s why everything I done received a gong

I expected not to put effort into getting things right
If other people could do it then I could too
Never mind the fact that others worked hard
I believed that I was one of god’s chosen few

After being ostracised for my self-righteous behaviour
I was forced to take a look at my dogs bollocks

It turns out they weren’t as great as I first thought
It took me a while to recover from the aftershocks

In trying to make a name for yourself you can try too hard
We are so conditioned to believe in instant success
But sometimes you have to be patient and understand
That you need more than just the X factor to progress

So I will try to focus what little talent I may have
Into producing something good and that is worthwhile
If I put all my attention into writing funny poems and jokes
Someday I may make a living from making people smile

Then the circle will be complete because I wasn’t always rude
Before my bid to become famous I was quite a nice guy
So now I want to achieve my goals with repented sins
But I still hope I do it soon because I’ve heard the end is nigh

One day…
Feelings of hopelessness are almost comforting
As I let myself get drawn into depression
Everyone must pay because I am a failure
Then I will get my undeserved recognition

When I flare off at any small point of ignition
I am letting the world see how it has wronged
How dare it promise me fame and fortune
When all it offers is obscurity prolonged

In the past at least famous people had talent
So we granted them adoration and wealth
But the game has been taken over by leeches
Lowering the standards of our mental health

Now we all think that we can make it big
All we need is a blog and a huge alter ego
Some make videos of them spouting shite
Thinking three chords can change the status quo

Artists get trapped into fighting the system
Thinking they have what it takes to be a star
Maybe they do but that’s not all it takes
You have to play the game if you want to go far

But most of us hopefuls are doing even worse
We are wasting our lives on a fruitless pipe dream
We do not offer any work of even mediocre value
Some of us can’t even learn a good rhyming scheme

Yet still we think that one day it will happen
The world will stand up and bow down to our talent

At least for a day, a week, a month or even a year
We think we should get mentioned alongside Rembrandt

Let’s say we get lucky and Simon Cowell picks us up
He thinks we have the X factor to make him a buck
After he has used and discarded us like a smelly sock
Do you think anyone will care or even give a fuck?

If they do, still what difference would it make?
We still have to live each day inside our head
The thing that matters above everything else
Is ‘Are you true to yourself?’ after everything’s said

It is no longer now even about getting rich
As people with wealth are often more unhappy
They thought that money would fill the void
But without adulation they too feel crappy

I wish I could let go of that undesirable need
As I know it blinds me to the gifts in my life
I want to experience joy in the everyday things
For that would free my perceived trouble and strife

This world is undergoing a huge transformation
We have to learn to deal with the birthing pains
I just hope and pray that the time will come soon
When we will all be free of grandiose success chains

Cheers!