Fiction - BEAST

Come one, come all to a clueless affair Inhabiting patrons awaiting their share We promise you money (You'll do just fine, honey!) They whisk you away as they teach you to stare Open your eyes! I've looked to the skies and the forecast today is a forecast of grey The vultures of main street parading the grave heat while silently stalking their prey (Up sell them, up sell them, up sell them, hey!) So stay and earn yourself a fortune of minimum wage And pay the rest of your working life away We can't give you honesty, honestly I don't see anyone living that way May you make it out, or remain the same As you get comfortable in your profession, be sure that you see you're still at their discretion And all moves you make are observed with close eyes. Avoid all the faults or your in for surprise Please do explain how you're not insane. You're here for their money and not for the fame You study their tactics and put in the practice with no hope of winning the game (Out sell them, out sell them, out sell them, hey!) Why would you throw all your ambition out so fast? Didn't you know this isn't what you said you wanted to last? So I can say goodbye, and leave this all behind or I can stay and enjoy all this minimal money And minimal living for minimally nothing and...

I feel like I'm falling into the wrong hands, or I'm just over sleeping And the city is so desperate, it's pulling me down I've seen these streets start sinking It's getting tough to make it clear and show the world who I'm defeating Place two fingers on my neck to make sure that my heart is still beating I've never been straightforward But I think it's clear to see that putting trust into a liar made a liar out of me Tell me someone is listening if not I guess they're missing out It's easier to stay and wait than to make a plan and play it out If falling asleep is comfortable then wake me up I'd like to feel alive I'm counting the minutes as they pass by As if I'm moving forward Surrounded by stories I need to let go or else I'll sit here cornered Have I become that old man in the food court that I'd always see Because all his friends are dead and gone but all my friends are dead to me It's funny how it ends sometimes you look back on a lifelong fight So go and say the words, we'll watch the Anti-Hero die tonight And so I'm trying See that I've been trying hard but growing up and letting go Is possibly the hardest pain a kid like me could ever know If falling asleep is comfortable then wake me up I'd like to feel alive And so I'm finally trying Now don't be sad it's over just you be grateful that it happened That automated answer never worked as recommended And as I hit two decades old I look around and see I'm almost there But no one is there for me And just like any game show but without the promised prizes I'll live my life in segments, just subtracting advertisements And I know now, it's never been about the I in Team But you'll never make it anywhere if no one is ever listening So tell me someone is out there If not I guess I am missing out It's easier to stay and wait and let your plan fill up with doubt If falling asleep is comfortable then falling apart is where I'm at now But I've been trying to make you see And if I'm moving on I won't need you behind me anymore I feel like I've fallen into the wrong hands