Our failures have been turned into free entertainment
Our pain is on display
I've questioned, fought, and rebelled
They won't pay attention anyway.
Truth is screaming and burning their skin
The least noticed people understand
They've taken the whole brunt of it all
The homeless girl, the drunken man.
People that have suffered the most
People that walk to valley of death
Bystanders whose story we don't know
They watched loved ones take a last breath.
Hunger, pain, killings, ignorance
The last happens most of all
As long as it doesn't directly affect them
They stoop higher as we fight to crawl.
I've never felt so singled out
So different than the rest
But this time where I'm most different
Is when I am the best.

When you go through a loss, it's pretty different
Different in the sense that you lose yourself too
I realized what the point of having a body is
Theoretically, we could be just floating ***** of oxygen and ideas
The body is the vessel for these great ideas
And I finally believe in a soul
I believe again
In death, I have found a reason to believe.

We are absolutely infinitely miniscule
Incredible at making insignificant changes
We are great thoughts grazing the tips of greatness
Horribly brilliant, not labeled for taking
We are so secretive and sensitive
Sly secrets mixed with fatal feelings
We are superficial, skin-deep, shallow, sketchy scars
Stories of struggle and sadness and adventure
We are tissue and tears and thoughts
Made up of toughness and heavy-duty human
We are the little light whispers of lovers
Grinning when greeted from special people
We are muscles and cells and logistics in biology books
All rolled up into one beautiful ball of humanity.

Turn on the television to see families in war
All this fighting turning into a bore
What you see is a backdrop, the setup, a show
These producers are scumbags at the bottom below.
Relationships and scandals to match your delight
You really want to know what they did last night?
All of this is to fill up that useful time
Useful, I guess, but this exposure is a crime.
Do you really even care how her dress looked that night?
Is it a big surprise that he got in a fight?
Does it matter in the end that he's sold a million records?
Is that little fact really true, or just something you heard?
We're all entertainment, all actors in a way
Your life is now open and you're on display
You've entered the business, you've gotten the part
As of this moment, you're at the bottom of the charts.
But don't you lose hope, you'll get up there somehow
They'll take your normalcy and amp it tenfold for now
You're the face in the crowd until you make your name
And secretly we all want those fifteen minutes of fame.
It takes a while to get there, a strenuous time,
The prize at the top might not be worth the climb
But, hey that's your choice- it's your faults that they want
So make your blemishes pretty- get out there and flaunt.
Give them your smile, your secrets, your lovers
You can hide all you want but it's too easy to discover
The media is waiting, darling, go say something witty
Be charming, don't forget, they love something pretty.

This 'system' here- it sure is funny
They're dictators in the pursuit of money
Good teachers, maybe, but leaders? No!
They're actors just ready to put on a show.
We get up, begrudgingly, angry every morning
Acting pretty whipped on these prisons we're boarding
We've gotten all pretty, gotten dressed- the whole lot
Setting ourselves up for no life lessons to be taught.
We act on our hormones and never question why
The boys are all laughing as the girl sits and cries
It's actually pretty cruel, if you think on it now
She pulls her pride together like her strength should allow.
High school can be scary, it's rough and it's mean
Just as horrible and funny as the bullies can be
There's homework and grades and competition galore
You get called names like ugly, nobody, and *****.
One day when I'm aging and look back at it here
One day on the porch, nope, I won't shed a tear
I'll remember my pictures and lockers and books
I'll remember when I melted from just a single look.
Remember the dresses, the dances, the games
Think of my self-confidence every day put to shame
Reminisce being me and trying to be cool
Sigh as I think of myself being a fool.
Because now it doesn't matter, I'm happy and me
High school was not like the movies made it seem
The actors ran around, they sang and they danced
We never saw what it'd be like to have your house refinanced.
It was the simplest things they never bothered to show
Like writing a check or tying a bow
The little important things is what I know now
High school is a joke- I just wonder how.

I lay here now with tear streaked eyes
And with tear streaked eyes did realize
The words I speak are in my head
I'm going to die here in this bed.
He sits and waits, sits and watches
And on the glass his nails make notches
They pass the time and wait till it's right
He's going to **** me on this night.
He speaks no words and his mind is a blur
I know he moves but I've not seen him stir
Right now he's sitting outside my room
Waiting to bring me face-to-face with Doom.
His nails are long enough to cut me from there
Long enough to force me into a silent prayer
His skin is sickly gray and comes out in patches
And from his ****** scalp his hair detaches.
His body is long and very strung out
His frame is bruised and beat about
His eye sockets are a 'beautiful' scarlet
Beautiful if they weren't making me a target.
What made him stick to me is still a question
I've never even shown him any aggression
I've let him stay there and watch me sleep
But now he sits here and watches me weep.
He's my secret admirer, but no secret anymore
I thought his spirit was just folklore
Did my faith in his nonexistence make him stay?
Can my faith when he's here make him go away?
Apparently not, for now he's coming in
I lay here still with the moon showing his grin
He sits in the corner, watching me still,
I see now his teeth sharpened with a drill.
He's teasing me now, and I know this is not fair
I've got to keep quiet, I'm not consciously there
Maybe if I'm 'sleeping' he'll leave me alone
But I'm prolonging the inevitable, his eyes are locked to stone.
I'm not getting out- I've accepted this now,
But his pride in winning is not something I'll allow
You see, losing is not something I take lightly
And dying with him I will not do politely.
Now that I've seen this coming for a while
I've kept my escape hidden in a small little pile
I'm not getting out of here, and he can watch me as I die
I'd rather off myself than let him win, I won't lie.
I swallow the pills and he creeps towards the bed
He tilts up my chin and gets a good look at my head
I watch as his smile turns angry and frustrated
Because for all this time he's just sat and waited.
I've foiled his plan and I knew all along
Now I know he'll never be strong
Those shiny red eyes are the last thing I see
I've won, he's not gotten the best of me.

It's not as easy as you think
It's really one big scare.
They'll tell you what you want to hear
In hopes that you don't care.
"We're not that dumb-
At least, I'm not.
Nice try, you get me here."
But listen, man, I understand
Sit down, let's share a beer.
Let me explain- I know it all
You can't hide from me anymore
And, actually, you know the truth
Their opinions make you sore.
Not only do they say it
They marinade it- give it a coat
They cook it up all nice and sweet
Before they shove it down your throat.
You have no thoughts
You're not you're own
You're the checker in their game
Let's show them who we really are
Let's show them why we came.
Secretly, they fight to lose
And they've never really won
But have you since been listening?
They don't talk just for fun.
See, they don't wrap it up
They strive to keep you waiting
Don't worry, son, it's not your fault
It's all part of their training.
Armies are built, families- lost
They've planned it all along
They know just what they're doing
And you must decide who's boss.
Which commander do you follow?
Is it freedom, is it lies?
Have you seen under that pretty mask?
Have you seen through their disguise?
It's time to fight- the war is on
The gear and armor ready
Pick your side, just take your time
We're here and holding steady.
So it's your choice,
You've got it all-
Fight or stay at home
Just remember what they've done to you
Let's make our presence known.