Failures & Fakes - The Ongoing Concept

Failures and fakes and those who don’t get their way

All seem to have excuses for how they think

Justified, dignified, they all pledge their innocence

And I would know because, because I’m one of them

It’s through expression that we make our understanding

Are we who we are if it’s who we appear to be?

Let me tell you friends, I’ve found out the hard way

Imitations don’t produce originality

Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t think I’ve escaped

I’m just as guilty

Because we’re all failures and fakes

And if you won’t believe it

Well then I’ve seen your future

It’s not that impressive

Excuses, excuses we got 'em all, they’re weighing us down

We all got faults, we all got faults

But no one seems to be blaming themselves

Friends, I’ve found out the hard way

Hypocrisy runs free when you talk as if you’re blameless

Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t think I’ve escaped

I’m just as guilty

We’re all failures and fakes

And if you won’t believe it

Well then I’ve seen your future

It’s not that impressive

But if you’re not willing to be reasonable then I’ll be leaving

Because there’s no use in trying to change the proud or heal the ungrateful

Heal, heal the ungrateful

But you know better than I do

That your walls are falling down, and there’s no way for you to stop it

This is no one’s fault but your own (hey, hey, hey, hey)

So stop running (hey, hey, hey, hey) from your problems

Because they won’t fix themselves

We’re all broken

We’re all so broken

It takes a man to acknowledge his weakness

We’re broken

We’re all so broken

It takes a man to acknowledge his weakness

There may only be a speck in your eye

But denial’s gonna keep it there, keep it there

Yes I know there’s a plank in my eye, but I’m willing

Willing to admit it

You got no trouble finding sin in my eyes

But all that changes when it seems like it’s your neck on the line