I know I'm an asshole
"I can't help it" has always been my crutch
but a mere acknowledgment cannot justify your treatment of those you claim you love
and I can't turn it around by writing lyrics of what I can't but should say out loud
I just need you to know that I'm aware

Is it a bit pathetic to seek forgiveness and claim some solace backed by the bouncing beat of a pop-song?
I can't help but cringe at the arrogance to believe that anyone should actually care
Praise be the artist who's so damn honest
his collected works outline the history of his short comings
And the theme goes something like this...

When you're not in a good way
the content of your character becomes subject to change
it's easier to chip at the floor of the bedrock than to walk the surface of present day
the acidic liquid quick fix breaks down with everyone you alienate
I will not tell you not to walk down that road
because I'm hitch-hiking it myself

Atop a bag of meat balances an egg-shell skull
that holds the neural highways traveled by the chemicals
that constitutes what you know as yourself or soul
a self-conscious ape arguing with a reptile
to fight or fly trips up to be or not to be
is it the animal or ego acting selfishly?
the more I wonder the less difference I see
I mean we speak out of the same holes in through which we feed
so you can see it can you write it off now?
How the hell am I to shake it off?
so we can see it can we shake it off now?
How the hell are we to shake it off?

When you're not in a good way
the content of your character becomes subject to change
it's easier to chip at the floor of the bedrock than to walk the surface of present day
the acidic liquid quick fix breaks down with everyone you alienate
I will not tell you not to walk down that road
because I'm hitch-hiking it myself