I'd like to welcome y'all to the finale
Rally around me in the alley
Allow me to tally up the ways
In which I failed proudly
No smiling just grimace if the spirits move you
Sometimes the lies burn less than the truths do
Sun shines in eyes staring at it blind
Charismatic minds
Barely have the time
To cope with the scope of it
The growth of my showmanship
Was a part of me but started feeling forced
I just couldn't accept I was beating a dead horse
I was full of regret full of remorse so I stepped
And the choice broke me down
I was poised to be a lonely clown
Blowin through ghostly towns
Never to be remembered
Nimble took over and the better me was severed
Hands bound I was tethered as the dream died
Had to open wide swallow the seed and let it grow inside
Knees hollow I was naive trying to jump
Now all I have left is these stumps
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in the dark
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in the dark
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
Now when I say I wanted to be your everything I mean it
I wanted to be the man to help you understand your demons
I wanted to be the voice of reason logic and empathy
But I became narcissistic
I wanted you to credit me
Selfishly telling people to follow my views
With my self esteem stuck to the bottom of your shoes
Painting pictures in words on a canvas made of melody
Thought that I was changing the world
I was just selling me
It used to be an escape the only way that I felt release
Soon became a straight jacket wrapped in my jealousy
Why was it always them why was it never me
Was obsessed with success and paid the penalty
So was it all worth it, I'm not certain
The person who I am today still bears the burden
Maybe in a parallel universe a version of me is better off
For never attaching his passion to his purse strings
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in darkness
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in the dark
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in darkness
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
The light goes out the moth is confused
His wings quiver cuz he lost what he knew
But the longer he sits in the dark
The more he wonders what attracted him to it
And his eyes adjust to the view
And the more he sees the landscape he loves it
Said the more he sees the landscape he loves it
Yeah the more he sees the whole landscape he knows
That the flame was just burning his soul