Elvis Said Ambition Is A Dream With a V8 Engine - From First To Last

For so long I’ve been told

To give it up

To get a job and stop dreaming of what I’m dreaming of

Maybe if I was more like you

I’d have a single thing to say

I could look forward to

I’m not that same kid that I used to be

But I still got the same philosophy

If growing up is giving in

Then count on me to count myself out

Getting sued by my friends

Taught me that I can’t pretend

That I’m immune to the rules of adult hood

I’d rather be a starving artist than a wealthy critic

I’d rather be a space cadet than bitter and jaded,

Brain dead and rewarded for it

Like everyone else my age is

I’m not the same kid

I’m not the same child

I may still be a prick

But at least I’m not a prick in denial

I wake up late just to miss the whole day

In this putrid spew that I call my bedroom

Putting on clothes just to take them off

In a couple of hours, why the fuck do I bother

I want to ride this train and hope it never stops

This is all I have

It’s all I want