fuck your expectations new breed manipulation propagating paradise and selling devastation choirs of discontent sing refrains inside my head clearly i m not fortunate but i live with my mistakes and the judgments that they bring i m reminded every day a man can only take so much before his mind degenerates before he can t take his own face before he exercises rage choirs of discontent sing refrains inside my head so foolish foolish to dream i was the only one i was the only one so foolish foolish to think the stars were lining up god smiling down on us gave up a thousand times but then i fell right back in line back to where the choices end this cycle i can t defend i condescend wake up and snap the fuck out of this half assessed desperate attempt to fill the void within your head to fill the void that you created damned from the start now all the lights begin to fade and the cameras cut away all the actors leave the stage the curtains falling back in place suddenly anticipating that same haunting refrain now with even greater haste the swan begins to sing the swan begins to sing i m not afraid not afraid at all life is fleeting this rivalry a memory gone life is fleeting the sky was tall and stars don t fall life is fleeting til there was nothing left in the heavens but the echoes of our questions life is fleeting this rivalry a memory gone life is fleeting so often in the course of life s fleeting years a single pleasure costs a thousand tears life is fleeting find a purpose find a reason make this worth it life is fleeting