Abandon your fruitless pursuit.

Forever chasing after social status,
I can see where you've lost your way.
Gauging identity with petty trifles,
a contender in every rat race.

Wise eyes see through the veil.
Crude masks won't disguise greed.

You envy the wealthy,
lusting for their money,
sustaining the regime.

And so it goes and so it goes,
consumers continue to consume.

Now's the time to show your face,
tell me, how were you wound up in such a foolish embrace?

We're all wearing masks, even if we cant admit
its just a desperate attempt to control our own depiction.
We're all wearing masks, even if we can't admit
its just a desperate attempt to control.

We were born into this world as honest men
and as time elapsed we grew to manipulate.

We're nothing but actors standing upon each other's stages.
We all do what we need so we can get what we want, come on, just face it.
There's not a genuine bone in this room, we all just fake it.
But its alright, its fine, its okay because everybody's doing it.

If you really need to know the truth,
its that I pity you.
I pity you in disbelief.

Instead of working to be who you want to be,
you slave away
to gain the approval of strangers.

I think its far past time that you heard the truth.
But with my familiar voice,
I fear that my words may be lost.

You're far too preoccupied with concealing your flaws.
In your attempts to appear strong,
you show us all
you're unwilling to push ahead,
you're destined to crawl.

You're not going anywhere.
You're not going anywhere.
You're not going anywhere.
The path is littered with the judgement that you cannot shoulder.
You're not going anywhere
while in pursuit of American dreams.