FAIRY TALE
No matter how much kindness and patience I display
Every time it always ends up the same basic way
As soon as someone sees that I'm willing to lend a hand
I become the "on-call solution to all your problems" man
Every spare second is filled with other people's problems
And I'm a piece of shit if I don't drop everything to solve them
But why's it my job to fix your stupid mistakes?
You're not saving me from mine and I'm playing for higher stakes
But I'm raked over the coals...for showing you all the holes
In your own game...but schooling you gets me nothing but eye rolls
And I know...you gotta do it your own way
Well do it then, and let me get on with my own day
Getting my own pay...creating my own breaks
Lamb basted cuz I say I'm willing to do what it takes
To help us grow...help us all get better with age
Instead of festering desperately inside a digital cage
The best prisons are see-through...gilded and bright
That let you view the other side...and see what it's like
To live the fairy tale...while it's sucking you dry
The illusion consumes you...then reveals the lie
I know people whose phone costs more than a computer
But instead of gaining knowledge, they're all mentally neutered
And spayed...like swiping left to get laid
Or completely draining your pocket every time you get paid
You should be ashamed if your only apps are games
You've got the power of Greyskull, and you use it to finger-paint
You're all insane...whatever waxes is bound to wane
And when the pendulum swings back...that's a lot of pain
To get to the next station...you gotta be on the train
But we remain locked in place...braced with ancient brains
One side had millions of years to figure out
How fire worked...the other side invented the Cloud
Astounding testament to technology...what a feat
All that room for naked pics and bad decisions we keep
Hidden from view, til someone hacks into you
Then your birthday suit will be our only point of view
The best prisons are see-through...gilded and bright
That let you view the other side...and see what it's like
To live the fairy tale...while it's sucking you dry
The illusion consumes you...then reveals the lie
We're all carrying brain boxes around in our hand
But can't answer any of the real questions that span
The world at your fingertips...instead, you plan
Online time for porn clips...buy whatever you can
You want rubbers? A handyman? A man with rubber hands?
A handy rubber...man, you might need a rubber band
Better yet, a tourniquet...you better order it quick
Cuz Amazon used to be next day...but that shit's over with
And you're still bleeding bad from that bank account...it's flat
You're blinded to the fact that your life is like a rat
In a cage...following all the lights in the maze
You only smell the cheese cuz they make sure that it stays
Intoxicatingly sweet...juicy just like a peach
From ambition to consumerism...life's a beach
So why bother to teach? Nobody wants to learn
Til it's too late...and everything around us is burnin'
The best prisons are see-through...gilded and bright
That let you view the other side...and see what it's like
To live the fairy tale...while it's sucking you dry
The illusion consumes you...then reveals the lie