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
will you learn your lesson?
Cheers!
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