They Told Me

Kno:

(they told me) it might take my whole life

to absorb what was right

or ignore it to fight

for these whores in these tights

or these boardroom types telling me that I might

need to pour my whole life

into chores I dislike

for the right to recite

how much money that I got

How much money that I'm not

gonna make

if I take

leap of faith

Will I make

decent wage?

Prolly not

but I'm not

gonna stop

Gonna do it for my pops

til they choke me off with a knot

and pop me off in a box

And drop me off at a plot

And top me off with a rock

My body is gonna rot

(they told me) that I'll soon see the light

if I like it or not

Thats the icing on top of the birthday cake that is baked

For a tot

so he's taught

to count the days til he drops

Deacon The Villain:

(they told me) not to fear living for eternity

but, not even Heaven seemed pleasant it was burning me

raised with peasants in the crescents we were shadows

when reality television was watching adults

and, throughout the comedy was drama and alot of pain

and that sentence it would run on 'til the comma came

until the eulogy and usually my mama sang

about the pheasants and presence we no longer claim

(they told me) that Heaven is forever

but at times I'd find myself thinkin' I'd rather never

lived, I mean, my life was like a dream

I had everything I wanted but, that ain't all it seems

for... all the time in the world

live eternal in inferno or in Eden with the squirrels

no brainer, it's that, I was feeling like Lestat,

and the thought of forevermore was feeling like a trap

all it brought, was more of the same, people in flames

a reality television channel that never changes

lost in the confusion of 7 billion strangers

scared to hope Heaven won't have a touch of the same