Temper-Mental MissElayneous - Exception To The Rule Lyrics

Render my heart, poison my innermost thinking
Prenatal choking from smoking and drowning from drinking
A once pure soul now claims another to take toll
Prestige and power, false romance and ego role
Inside myself dwelt the truth and the true high
But I begin to harbour doubt, never questioning"why?"
Once upon a child's dream, pristine, crystal clean
Rising from the dirt, fraying at the seams
Imaginings of natural freedom and virgin purity
Surviving existence, innocence didn't occur to me
Hold onto our rags and treat them like riches
Best to fight like men in arms than die like dogs in the ditches
One glimpse at a middle class life and then it's gone
The desire alone to want to live easy is wrong
So what if he relies on cold calls and cons
Spends the guts of his life, being remanded as a pawn
Not offered opportunity to will you to want
To desire, to decipher, to exceed, to exalt
But what a striking statistic it all adds to
All our heroes are dead, but don't let that corrupt you
Live fast, die young
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
First come, first served
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Living fast and dying young is what it secretly promotes
The fault of a failed system, we can't read what it denotes
Inbuilt class-consciousness doesn't make it difficult to find
Officials paint you black and blue, with their black and white minds
Our warped psyche matches that limited allowance
So we, united, scale the parameter of cowardice
No bloodshed occurs in the war of the mind
The relentless battle of which everyone is inclined
Not one single human being excluded
Mentally and spiritually raped and intruded
If suffering and pain supposedly brings us together
Why do we seem and feel more separated than ever?
Bitter anger, no esteem, judgement, self-criticism
Fear, loneliness, disconnectedness, tension, rage, indecision
Is it really easier said than done?
If you had a choice, would you choose to be numb?
Attacking, coping, waiting, losing, bleeding, taunting, hitting
Tapping, stroking, hating, using, needing, wanting, missing
Lacking, hoping, praying, abusing, pleading, fronting
Listen, listen, listen
Trade diligence, tenacity, compassion and sense of self
With knowledge, self-sacrifice, satisfaction and confidence
You're perfectly fine, the way you were moulded
You don't believe you're good enough because you weren't told it
Well, I'm telling you now
Who you are is enough
What you'll be is sufficient
Aim high
Despite these times that are tough
Aim high
Despite these times that are tough
Live fast, die young
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
First come, first served
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Live fast, die young
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
First come, first served
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule
Exception to the rule