Nothing For Free

this is all just confusion
when we live in this world and
hate every single minute of our lives
and look, we could be doing just fine.
everyone just wants their fifteen
to get ahead and just to get seen
but what's really being seen,
aren't our lives just a scene?
everyone tells lies
to keep from coming clean.

life would be easy
if we could just press 'delete'.
it would erase all the evil,
and the good, the nice, the sweet.
what would really happen if i saw reality?
in my dreams, you're actually right beside me.
who even said reality was real?
you don't need reality to really feel.
it only takes a minute to reveal
you were only here for the 'appeal'.

i was it in from the very start
in the middle, it kind of fell apart.
i felt a part of you inside
but, i guess your part just died.
it's a recall of a shortfall
and that's the end of that.