Life Despite Itself...

Relax now 

Nothing matters 
Everything burning fades
It's all just temporary 
Dispel the exemplary 
It's all just greys of shades 
None of it matters 
It's all okay
You're okay 

NO! NO! NO! NO!
NOT TODAY!!!
You've gotta get out there 
You've gotta get after it
You've gotta be some somebody 
You can't just be another nobody 
You've gotta wade through the excrement 
You've gotta do more than dare
NOW! NOW! NOW! NOW! 

How I fail to see
how failure's all around 
how failure's in every ending 
Despite so much strong pretending 
a silence follows every sound 
Such hubris in trying to be
Just let it all go
Just let go...

NO! NO! NO! NO! 
Why don't you ever get it
You've gotta fight for everything
You've gotta be strong to thrive 
It's not enough to just survive 
You'll never have anything 
if you can't endure the pursuit of it
so go on now, Go!
GO! GO! GO! GO!

Know thy self
Know the brutality of truth 
Know the totality of futility 
Know the illusory utility 
Age beyond your youth 
See your truest self 
Enough is enough 
It's all just empty stuff-
stuffing stuffed-up stuffy stuff 
and It'll never be enough 
So enough is enough...

ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!
You can't avoid hunger 
There's no content in pain 
You've gotta go kill to feed
You've gotta exceed your need 
You've gotta aspire to even just remain 
It'll all be someone's plunder 
You've gotta earn your whole way
You've gotta go siege the day
NOW 
HEAVE!  HEAVE! HEAVE! HEAVE!

...or leave, leave, leave, and
Believe the sages 
All ambition ends the same 
Remember the Ozzymandain visage
shattered 'neath its depleting message 
Don't get caught up in this game 
Go turn a different page 
Just breathe in deeply 
and exhale everything 
exhale all your worries
exhale all everything 
Now breathe in deeply 
and focus on just one thing 
focus, focus, focus on...
just breathing 
breathing, breathing, breathing...